Beginning in Joshua 13, Joshua is starting to push the tribes to take the land, which is what they were already supposed to do. Joshua's job was complete, but now, when he is old, he has to try and push Israel to where God wants them to be. They have entered the promised land and taken what Joshua gave them, victory over, but nothing much beyond. This is how many people live their Christian life today. They take the victory that Jesus has given them, but do nothing with it. They don't grow, they don't mature, and they don't deal with the things that may lead them into sin. If they don't, they may find themselves being as victorious in the Christian life as Israel was in the book of Judges: failures.
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