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March Madness: Marching Around Jericho (Obedience)
David Jeremiah
You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days.
Joshua 6:3
Recommended Reading
1 Samuel 15:22
God told Moses to part the Red Sea. God told Gideon to defeat an army with 300 soldiers. Jesus told Peter to walk on the water. Jesus told His disciples to feed thousands of people with some bread and fish. Jesus told a blind man to go wash the mud off his eyes to regain his sight. Jesus told a paralyzed man to stand up and walk home.
God has issued some impossible-sounding directions to people, but perhaps none so impossible as those issued to Joshua: March around Jericho with the Ark of the Covenant once a day for six days. On the seventh day march around Jericho seven times. Blow the trumpets and shout, and the walls will come tumbling down. Marching around the city must have sounded like madness to Joshua, but there is no indication he hesitated. He did exactly as God directed and God's words were fulfilled. On the seventh day, the walls fell down and Jericho was captured.
God may ask you to do something impossible-sounding: forgive an enemy, give generously to an ungrateful person, or serve at an incredibly inconvenient time. Calling Him "Lord" carries the expectation of obedience.
Faith is the starting-post of obedience.
Thomas Chalmers
Read-thru-the-Bible
Joshua 18:1 -- 22:34
David Jeremiah
You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days.
Joshua 6:3
Recommended Reading
1 Samuel 15:22
God told Moses to part the Red Sea. God told Gideon to defeat an army with 300 soldiers. Jesus told Peter to walk on the water. Jesus told His disciples to feed thousands of people with some bread and fish. Jesus told a blind man to go wash the mud off his eyes to regain his sight. Jesus told a paralyzed man to stand up and walk home.
God has issued some impossible-sounding directions to people, but perhaps none so impossible as those issued to Joshua: March around Jericho with the Ark of the Covenant once a day for six days. On the seventh day march around Jericho seven times. Blow the trumpets and shout, and the walls will come tumbling down. Marching around the city must have sounded like madness to Joshua, but there is no indication he hesitated. He did exactly as God directed and God's words were fulfilled. On the seventh day, the walls fell down and Jericho was captured.
God may ask you to do something impossible-sounding: forgive an enemy, give generously to an ungrateful person, or serve at an incredibly inconvenient time. Calling Him "Lord" carries the expectation of obedience.
Faith is the starting-post of obedience.
Thomas Chalmers
Read-thru-the-Bible
Joshua 18:1 -- 22:34
