2025-02-16 IAM: Stoned (Partial 4/10)

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Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

  • Making a 15-year journey
  • Comprehensible in 15 minutes
  • By grieving my successes and failures
  • Ahead of time

Immanuel Approach Memo

Continued from Named

I am… antifragile.

The stone Jesus hurled at me
With my new name
Hurt like hell

It pierced my heart
Rebreaking it
Like a bone that must be reset

Making it whole

Filling me with ecstasy
As I become
More myself
More like Him
Godly

I look to Jesus.

With awe
And gratitude

He grins
And says:

“This is just the beginning!”

He waves to the army
Of my alienated parts
Each of which
Is writing a new name for me
On the stones they carry

In unison
They lift their stones…

And hurl them all at me!

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

  • Besieged
  • Attacked
  • Healed
  • Glorified
  • Christlike

Scripture

Joshua was up at the crack of dawn and had Israel come forward by tribes, and Yahweh indicated the tribe of Judah. Joshua then had the clans of Judah come forward, and Yahweh picked out the clan of Zerah. Joshua then had the clan of Zerah come forward and Yahweh indicated the family of Zimri. Joshua then had Zimri’s family come forward one by one, and Yahweh picked out Achan, the son of Carmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.
Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me the truth and do not hide anything from him. What have you done?
It’s true,” Achan said. “I’ve sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel. This is what I did: I saw among the plunder an exquisite robe from Babylon, two hundred pieces of silver, and a fifty-shekel bar of gold. I wanted them badly, so I took them and buried them in my tent with the silver underneath.”
Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it was! They found it buried in the middle of the tent with the silver underneath. They took the stolen objects from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and displayed them in the presence of Yahweh. Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan son of Zerah along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, and all that belonged to him—his sons, daughters, donkeys, oxen, sheep, tent—everything.
Joshua led them all to the Valley of Trouble and said, “Why have you brought all this trouble on us? Yahweh will bring trouble on you today!”
Then all the people stoned Achan and his family to death. They burned up the bodies and all Achan’s possessions. They raised over him a huge mound of stones that remains to this day. That is why the place was called the Valley of Trouble ever since.
Afterward, Yahweh’s anger subsided against Israel.‭‭

Joshua‬ ‭7‬:‭16‬-‭26‬ ‭TPT‬‬

3 responses to “2025-02-16 IAM: Stoned (Partial 4/10)”

  1. Pure Glory Avatar

    This is a sad day but when the disobedience to God was gone, the Israelites could live in God’s favor and have victory over their enemies.

    1. Dr. Ernie Avatar

      As it always is when God has to deal with the sin in our lives…

      1. Pure Glory Avatar

        Yes!

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