Straight In

Joshua 6 cont’d:

When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the Lord…

Right before the walls fell, the people were told to devote this spoil, this city, to the Lord.  They couldn’t just obey, walk, and see the walls collapse and go on their own way.  No, they had to devote their win to the Lord.

So they shouted, and they shouted loudly.

The walls fell; in fact, they collapsed into the ground!

The people went in and conquered, experiencing the answer – the promise.

And then…

They devoted the city to the Lord.

Sometimes…we obey, we walk, we grow weary, we almost stop, but we barely hang on…and the answer comes.

And we forget to devote our success to the Lord.

What a cool, complete, circle of hearing God’s word, obeying it even when it seems silly and laborious, and then giving everything back to Him.

That’s a walk and a march worth taking.