Joshua Ch.6-7

For days the Lord has been showing me the lessons of Joshua chapter 6 verse chapter 7.  The Lord of Host, Jesus appeared to Joshua directly, to let him know it's not going to be like it was with Moses, I'm going to take charge and give you the victory with Jericho. All you got to do is shut up inside and walk around the walls and blow the trumpets, etc. I believe the Lord  gave us these distractions, so we wouldn't.. during the process through in our ego and start thinking we had anything to do with it.   

 We are never in bigger danger of taking the credit, when we experience a victory. We become full of ourselves. Looking on our pass victory, letting our guard down, thinking we are entitle. We only need to build our confidence only in what the Lord will do for us.

In chapter 7, it all blows up, it starts with but, verses 2-5 shows their defeat at Ai and even smaller nation then Jericho , so you can see how they got so full of themselves. For one man's greed to take some of the Lord's bounty, the Lord withheld the blessings. Achan's behavior show how one's person's desire and selflessness can bring down a whole group.

 What the Lord, showed me so clear that Joshua was  at fault also because he was so eager to move forward to conquer more territory, that he didn't take the time to get alone with the Lord. So he became ignorant of Achan's sin. We need to get alone with God to renew our strength for  the next battle.

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The Good News said…
We are just like Joshua here in chapter 7? We try and get things done and to be successful, therefore we rush ahead without taking time with the Lord to draw near to Him it often causes us to be insensitive to our failures in our own lives and ministries, which grieve and quench the Spirit, and leave us defenseless against the enemy because we are then operating in our own strength and wisdom. Ultimately, then, these failures stand in the way of our progress and ability to handle the various challenges in life.
September 13, 2019 at 4:10 PM
The Good News said…
This is what slap me in the face..Joshua verse 5..“so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.” after the defeat at Ai, they doubted, “ maybe I didn't hear the Lord right , maybe we shouldn't have cross the Jordan.“ instead of looking within we point the figure at everything else. Then depression and discouragement sets in. We blame, we make excuses, we hide and hurl, but we so often fail to honestly examine our own lives. We assume the problem could not possibly be us...
September 13, 2019 at 4:15 PM
The Good News said…
Once we lose sight of God, we begin to be reckless. We cast off certain restraints from activities we know are wrong. We set prayer aside as well and cease having God’s vision in the little things of life. We simply begin to act on our own initiative. If we are eating only out of our own hand, and doing things solely on our own initiative without expecting God to come in, we are on a downward path. We have lost the vision. "Lord, I've done everything I know how to do in my situation. I know there's nothing I can do to fix the problem anyway. I'm going to trust You and wait for Your victory.” Let God make us a testimony to the world, a witness of His faithfulness. Love Him with all our heart right now. Give Him all our problems, all our faith and all our trust! Amen and Amen!
September 13, 2019 at 4:21 PM
The Good News said…
Some people are exceptionally good at remembering images or information. Yet forgetting God’s goodness is all too common, even for those with the sharpest of minds. When the Lord works in big and obvious ways, it’s easy to trust Him. But as time goes on, we drift toward self-reliance until we are reminded of our need for Him. I make a journal and a gratitude jar, keep it in a prominent place in my room, and fill it all year long.
When Joshua, the leader of the Israelites, was about to die, he shared a message from the Lord that recounted all God had done for them. And he noted, “You lived in the wilderness for a long time” (Josh. 24:7). Then he said, “[God] gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build; and you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant” (Josh 24: 13). Joshua set up a large stone to remind Israel of God’s provision (Josh 24:. 26).
September 30, 2020 at 2:55 PM
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