Josh 16-18 Faulty Logic, Bad Questions

March 15th, Joshua 16-18

        Selling off my possessions to afford my lifestyle choices is a long term realistic goal. Letting my three year old outwit-outplay-outlast me is a healthy model for parenting. Do you walk to school or carry your lunch? That's not big enough for me because I don't want to do what woul dmake it big enough for me?
       You know they say there is no such thing as stupid questions. I've actually found that this isn't true. We don't like to say it because we don't want to call someone stupid. There are many questions asked that are proof that maybe people aren't getting it. One of those questions gets asked this morning.  A question that defies logic and proves someone wasn't listening the entire semester and should take and refer to their notes more often.
       The Background... when you enter the land God has promised to give you, you are to drive out all of the inhabitants of the land. So we are reading chapters where the 12 tribes are mapping out their inheritance. As you can imagine some tribes feel like they are getting less than they deserve. Notice how rarely does anyone ever complain about unfairly attaining too many riches, just too few.
         Anyway, one group states "The hill country is not enough for us... the Canaanites dwell there and in the valley and they have chariots of iron."
         So the command is to drive out all the inhabitants and the reason you don't think you'll have enough land is because of all the inhabitants that God has commanded you to drive out!! Do you walk to school or carry your lunch? There is such a thing as a foolish question! We ask them all the time. Someone had to sit across the table from this tribe and ask the question that made more sense.
        Someone has to sit across the table from me and ask a question that makes more sense as well. So let's press into asking the right questions and inviting others to do the same. Sometimes the wrong question is obvious, sometimes we need to INQUIRE OF THE LORD what is the right question. That seems to be the advice and theme for the week/weak. INQUIRE OF THE LORD.