Knowing God - The Lord Takes Away Our Reproach

Josh 5:9a

                                                               

 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you…

The Lord takes Away Our Reproach

Here we learn of a wonderful trait of our God.  He rolls away our reproach.  Reproach is another word for shame or disgrace.  Israel was treated like slaves by Egypt and they had been beaten down.  It had been many years since God’s people had left Egypt but now was the day that the Lord was to roll this shame away.  The term ‘rolled away’ is used in other places of scripture to describe moving heavy stones.  Shame and disgrace are heavy stones in our lives.  We can get flashbacks about our choices and even sins committed against us that seem too weighty to ever be removed.  Our God rolls this shame away.  When the women went to the tomb they questioned among themselves,

“Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?” (Mark 16:3)

  Who shall roll away the stone from the sepulcher of our past? Does your past seem overwhelming to you? The Lord can roll this weight away.  When the ladies arrived at the tomb

“….they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. “ (Mark 16:4).

Maybe you are anticipating the weight of your shame to be there. 

The Lord can roll this weighty burden away.  He is the one who, this day, can roll away the reproach of your Egypt.