God had delivered Jericho to the Israelites in a way that would reveal Him to the land and the people. One way God revealed Himself was to have His people go in and take the land. But they first had to believe that God had truly gone before them.Any time God gives a command, He has already provided for its accomplishment . But we have to do the hands- on, certain of what we do not see. Hebrews(11:1-2). Faith in Him is a way of God! God does not work apart from faith, no more than your car can run without a battery. So Gods people follow His commands. Gods instructions for taking the land of Jericho indicated another way of God. He used an approach that could only succeed thru Gods activity. God told Joshua to march the Israelite army around the city once for six days. The Sacred Ark of the Covenant would be carried with them, led by priests blowing trumpets. On the seventh day this march would occur seven times, ending with one long blast on the trumpets followed by a loud shout from the Israelites. Then the Walls of Jericho would collapse. The Israelites could have used batteting rams and long ladders to breach the walls. Mans experience and mans reasoning might have chosen mans way. They could have done that, but they would have missed Gods purpose. Gods purpose was not to take Jericho. Gods primary purpose was to put the fear of Him in the hearts of all the kings in Canaan. This would allow His children to take the entire land. When God was through with that moment, the kings of Canaan did not fear the Israelites. They feared the God of the Israelites. They had no doubt that the God of the Israelites had brought down the Wall of Jericho. That was Gods purpose. He had purposed ahead of time to reveal Himself to the nations by the way He worked with His people. God deliberately chooses not to use the ways of the world so that the world will know the difference that he makes. However, we are sometimes caught up in the ways of the world.We may try to baptize them into the kingdom and ask God to get glory from it. But God does not work that way. Gods goal is first to reveal Himself to the world so they will know Him and be drawn to Him. Remember, the battle is the Lords and the victory is ours thru Jesus Christ our Lord.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:39:49 +0000
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