Joshua 6 cont’d:
When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven
priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant
followed them. The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the
trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
It was an odd directive given to
Joshua, a man of faith (remember he was the one who entered the land of giants
and came back with a good report of going in to conquer, when other guys were afraid.) And Joshua took God’s directive and shared it
with the people.
Amazingly enough, the people
obeyed this odd set of directions to march, blow, and shout.
It’s one thing for us to clearly
hear what God says, and it’s another for those we lead (our families or
churches) to go along with it.
I suppose the main thing is to
really know what God is saying… and then the equally main thing is to really
believe and obey.
Both things have to be in place
for victory to result: hearing HIM and
obeying HIM in all that he says to do.
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