When they had made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the children of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt in it. vv.49-50
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Joshua goes last. Once all the tribes of Israel had figured out and taken their land then Joshua gets his. This army general of Israel for the past forty plus years isn't the first to get his big city but the last. We never see him complain that because of his ranking he should be first to receive. And even at that the city wasn't already built for him, he did one final big task at the end of his days and that was building a city to dwell in, no small task. He didn't expect others to build his city or finally be the one to be served. Joshua embraces the "dirty work" just as much as he embraced the battles. Also, Joshua seemed to have been able to ask for whatever land he wanted, where he chose was within his home tribe of Ephraim. There's always something about home isn't there? No matter how much you may travel or live far away for years, at some point later in life many end up right back where they started (not in the sense you didn't go anywhere but the family and culture of their upbringing is what feels like home to them).
How do you embrace the "dirty work" of your job? Where would you like to settle and call home? Why?
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