Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. (Joshua 5:9)
Upon crossing the Jordan and before the battle of Jericho, the nation of Israel stopped to take inventory. All those who had come out of Egypt had been circumcised at Sinai, but those born in the desert remained uncircumcised. At Gilgal, the people got caught up on their obligation to the Lord by circumcising the sons of those who had perished in the wilderness.
The writer records these words as spoken to them by God: Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.
Isn't it good to know that God wants to roll away our reproach? Whatever baggage we have been carrying from our past, whatever dirt we've picked up as we've walked through life - God doesn't want those things to stick. He wants to set us free so that we can walk through life unencumbered by anything that would trip us up, tie us to the past, or hold us back from moving forward into our future and his purpose for our lives.
Are you still holding on to things that God has determined to roll away?
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