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Shout!
'"... Shout; then the wall ... will fall down ..."' Joshua 6:5
That hole in your head isn't just for pushing pot noodles into, you know. It's for making noise (and not just those awful squelchy sounds you seem to conjure up with old mash-potato-lips, either).
God-noise. Prayer, praise, preaching and anything else that brings God's kingdom closer begins in that little gap between your nose and chin.
When life is going well making God-noise can be easy. But what about when your world is a whirlwind? Are we still required to gob it for God when life sucks? Worship is always a choice. You've probably sang that song before, 'Blessed be Your Name'? What a challenge it lays down; to be gutsy enough to sing whether the sun is shining or whether the darkness is closing in!
It's easy to trust the God of calm, but what about the God of storm? Joshua faced this dilemma. He was about to take on Jericho, a storm and a half would erupt from their armies. And here was God arming him up with the weapon of the Word. There'd be no tanks to bulldoze walls down, no missiles strategically aimed at watchtowers. All Joshua had was the power of a shout.
The pot-noodle hole was going to be the secret weapon that brought down an entire city. And yet with a shout of faith, the walls came tumbling down. What about you? Will you choose a shout of faith to see your walls come tumbling down?
written by Bob Gass
'"... Shout; then the wall ... will fall down ..."' Joshua 6:5
That hole in your head isn't just for pushing pot noodles into, you know. It's for making noise (and not just those awful squelchy sounds you seem to conjure up with old mash-potato-lips, either).
God-noise. Prayer, praise, preaching and anything else that brings God's kingdom closer begins in that little gap between your nose and chin.
When life is going well making God-noise can be easy. But what about when your world is a whirlwind? Are we still required to gob it for God when life sucks? Worship is always a choice. You've probably sang that song before, 'Blessed be Your Name'? What a challenge it lays down; to be gutsy enough to sing whether the sun is shining or whether the darkness is closing in!
It's easy to trust the God of calm, but what about the God of storm? Joshua faced this dilemma. He was about to take on Jericho, a storm and a half would erupt from their armies. And here was God arming him up with the weapon of the Word. There'd be no tanks to bulldoze walls down, no missiles strategically aimed at watchtowers. All Joshua had was the power of a shout.
The pot-noodle hole was going to be the secret weapon that brought down an entire city. And yet with a shout of faith, the walls came tumbling down. What about you? Will you choose a shout of faith to see your walls come tumbling down?
written by Bob Gass
