The Second-Best Option | When God Permits What He Doesn't Prefer | 10 23 2025

📅 Published: October 23, 2025 | 📖 Lessons of Faith From Joshua (Week 4: The Conflict Behind All Conflicts)

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Your Daily Portion Sabbath School Lesson with LD "The Anomaly" Harris (L. David Harris)
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God's ideal plan for Israel was simple: stand still and watch Him fight. But when Israel murmured and doubted, God permitted them to fight—not as His first choice, but as a second-best option. Today, we explore how God meets us where we are, how He permits consequences of our unbelief, and how even our failures become opportunities to develop deeper trust in His power.

📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
• Exodus 17:7-13 (Battle with Amalek)
• Joshua 6:15-20 (Fall of Jericho)
• Exodus 23:28, Exodus 33:2 (God's Original Plan)
• Exodus 17:3 (Israel's Murmuring)
• Deuteronomy 20 (Law of Warfare)
• Deuteronomy 20:16-18 (Complete Annihilation)
• Joshua 24:11 (Canaanites Fighting Israel)
• Joshua 7:12-13 (God's Conditional Help)
• Joshua 10:8 (Victory Depends on Faith)

🗓️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL SERIES:
Week 4: "The Conflict Behind All Conflicts"—understanding how God's mercy permits second-best options while calling us back to His ideal plan.

💭 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
1. What is the difference between God's ideal plan and His permitted plan?
2. How does unbelief force us into battles God never intended for us to fight?
3. When have you experienced God meeting you at your level of faith rather than His ideal?

🙏 PRAYER FOCUS:
Lord, help me recognize when I'm operating from unbelief rather than trust. Call me back to Your ideal plan of complete dependence on You.

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🔔 THIS WEEK: UNDERSTANDING GOD'S MERCY!
We're exploring how God accommodates our weakness while calling us to His strength.

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