Then Joshua built an altar.

Joshua 8:30-35, Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel. And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel. Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them.

They offered up a sacrifice as worship and an offering before entering the land and carved a memorial of the law in stone as a reminder. They heard again the law as Moses had commanded, for “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” We all need reminders of all that He has done, and we are blessed with amazing access to scripture today. The law is there to show us that we need a savior!

I know that I cannot keep Your law, that it is designed to show me my great need for Jesus who has fulfilled the law and the prophets!