The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Moses, My servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the River Jordan.’ Joshua 1:2
Moses, the old man, had died. In the Bible we are able to f9llow his whole life story. We have read of him as a baby in the bulrushes, a young man in Pharaoh’s court, a murderer, banished, seeing the Burning Bush, coping with plagues, commissioned to lead, crossing the Red Sea and having many and varied adventures in the desert. He is now an old man of many years and probably frail.
The vast nation of Israel now needed a leader to lead them into the Promised Land and overcome their many enemies. God had prepared a young warrior to take over the leadership. Moses was not able to do any of this, this was the time of Joshua. Re-reading Joshua 1:2 again I noticed that Moses was allowed to see the promised land but did not have to witness their crossing. That would have been too cruel, he was dead by then.
God has prepared a job for us all to do. When our task is over He will prepare another to take our place and like Joshua and Moses that person is already being prepared.