What is our motivation in life? For the Christian, it is the love of Christ which compels us to serve him. After all, if God loved me so much that he’d take on human flesh, live a sinless life and die for sinners such as me, I have no other response, than to trust in my Messiah, to give my life to him.

The God who saves by his grace also enables, that I might serve him and glorify him. I die to self, and I am a new creation in Christ. My sins, not in part, but in their entirety, have been imputed to Christ, and Christ’s righteousness has been imputed to me that I appear without spot or blemish before God, and God’s righteous anger against sin burns against my Saviour.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts

This salvation is available to all who trust in Jesus Christ for their salvation. For this salvation is open to all who live by faith.

As Joshua grew old, the Lord told him the conflict wasn’t over, that there were still lands to conquer. That there was still work to do, but saying that this work wasn’t for Joshua to struggle with on his own, but with the power of God.

With the allocation from God, the Israelites were to be encouraged and able to find rest in the land their God has given them.

Except for those from the tribe of Levi, whose inheritance was to be greater than all the tribes, for their inheritance was God himself.

As Christians we should strive to serve God, for he enables us, to take encouragement and rest in him, for ultimately God is our inheritance.