There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. (Joshua 1: 5-6)
After Moses, God chose Joshua to lead Israel to the promised land. Joshua was a faithful servant of Moses. He grew in the mentorship of Moses.
When God’s people came to the borders of Canaan for the first time, the Lord instructed Moses to send out spies into the land (Numbers 13:2–20). Joshua was one among those men. And, upon returning back his report was one of faith and not fear, unlike others.
Joshua was one of such characters in the Bible who was guided to victory by divine revelations. He obeyed God without any doubt, much like Moses. As Joshua prepared to lead Israel in one of her defining battles, the angel of the Lord appeared to him and gave him the strategy by which he should defeat the enemy. Even though the city, Jericho, was greatly fortified against aggression, God’s Word to him at that moment assured him of victory. The Holy Spirit gave
Joshua the winning strategy. He said, “And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets
of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, …and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him” (Joshua 6:3-5).
Those walls weren’t ordinary walls; they were fortifications of massive proportions. However, when the Israelites shouted according to the Lord’s instruction, the walls came crumbling down (Ref. Joshua 6).
As Christians, we must learn, to always depend on God’s instruction regardless of the opposing situation we may face. True faith means obeying God even when His instructions don’t seem to make sense in human eyes. We must remember, with God on our side, victory is always ours.
Prayer:
Blessed Heavenly Father, thank you for filling me with your Spirit. I’m full of courage. I do not faint on the day of test, but I’m full of faith, standing on your Word, my life is upward and forward only, in Jesus’ Name. Amen!
