Joshua 6 cont’d:
On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and
marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day
they circled the city seven times. The seventh
time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the
army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you
the city!
If the people weren’t weary
enough, on the seventh day – the day when the promise was to be fulfilled –
they were told to march around seven times in one day. And then they were directed to shout for the
outcome (the city) before they actually received it.
There must have been great
anticipation that morning when the people awoke, but I wonder if any were
doubters. Or was the preparation, the
united obedience to God’s word, and the walking for six days prior all
completely faith-building and there was no doubt that “today was the day!?”
I know that many times we are
told to walk in obedience and that the hours just before the answer seem to be
the hardest. And crying out with a shout
of victory when we are the most tired seems crazy, doesn’t it?
But I love the God we serve,
because he’s not like we are, he doesn’t perform like we tell him to, and he
always does what is right, to bring about a good ending – glory to his name.
Shout today, ahead of the victory that’s coming...
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