Mere Rocks

Joshua 24

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the Lord. 26 Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God’s Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the Lord.

27 Joshua said to all the people, “This stone has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God.”

Joshua has just charged the children of Israel to fear the LORD and serve Him only, and they have agreed. Covenant is made, and Joshua rolls a big old stone under a tree to serve as a witness to this covenant. How interesting that in the past week’s worth of reading, stones have been said to be able to burst into cheers for the Lord, and now to serve as a witness to covenant made between God and His people. I will never look at “mere rocks” the same again.