365 Reflections

In the beginning of the Jericho episode, God told Joshua He had given them the city and all its inhabitants. There was no question that Jericho was theirs for the taking. It was certain. BUT THEY STILL HAD TO WALK. Christian, the same is true for you. God has given you so "so great a salvation." But you still need to walk. You need to act on what God had promised. The Christian life is not a lazy-chair lounge session. To be "called" by God is to be commissioned for action in accordance with the promises He's made to you (never to leave you or forsake you) and territory He's given you (the fruit of righteousness). Joshua 6:20–23 (ESV)   So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21 Then they devoted all in the city to destruc...

Christianity is a fight. The moment you forget that or deny it is the day you start playing right into the hands of your roaring enemy the devil. Joshua 6 has arrived, the people are consecrated, nourished and spiritually awakened to the promises of God. They are now instructed for warfare of a sort that was never practiced before by any army nor since. The whole episode of Jericho is a wonderful picture of the kind and style of warfare the Christian Church is engaged in to this day. First, we need to see that our enemy is restricted: Joshua 6:1 (ESV)   Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. Just as Jericho was stopped from growing or expanding... our spiritual enemy has been disarmed. He can only "seem" imposing. The truth is, the work of God for us has already made his threat impotent against us. Second, we need to hear the voice of our God: Joshua 6:2 (ESV) And the Lord said to Joshua,...