Wednesday, February 22, 2017

STEP OUT ON FAITH





Read (Joshua 6)

At times all that's needed to win the battle is to praise the LORD.  Praise is powerful.  When we praise the LORD, we confuse the enemy.  Their plans are thwarted.

In the conquest of Jericho, Joshua was commanded of the LORD what to do.

"See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.  You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once.  You shall do so for six days"
Joshua 6: 2-3

"It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight ahead"
Joshua 6:5

Joshua probably thought, what strange instructions.  How could something this simple deliver the entire city of Jericho into his hand.  But Joshua trusted the God of Israel.  This was the same God who'd held back the waters of the Jordan River, and that had spoken to him, "Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you" (Joshua 1:5)

When the LORD promises something, He never breaks that covenant.  No matter how strange the matter may be, trust Him.

"So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and took the city"
Joshua 6:20

Hallelujah!  Joshua obeyed God, and Jericho was conquered!  

What walls are holding you back today?  Smash them with your faith!  You may be saying, 'but I don't have any faith!'

"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith"
Romans 12:3

Dare to trust God!  What He says, He will bring it to pass!  Just step out on faith!

Faith Faith Faith Just a little bit of Faith
Faith Faith Faith Just a little bit of Faith
It don't take a whole lot
Just use what you've got
Faith Faith Faith Just a little bit of Faith