The mission – Arise! Joshua had a mission to accomplish. He wasn’t
just a caretaker of the people. He wasn’t to merely maintain the status
quo. God had a mission for him to accomplish. His mission was to
help the people possess the Promised Land, which had been
promised to Abraham hundreds of years before. God has entrusted us
with the Great Commission, to conquer the world with the gospel and
thus build up God’s spiritual kingdom. God entrusted Joshua with a
Great Mission as well, to conquer the land to build a physical kingdom
on earth for His people. While Joshua was leading, verse 2 says, “all
this people.” Everyone was to go. No one should be left behind. Each
person had a role.
