December 28
2018
Shout for the Lord has given you the city!
Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. The LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. “You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. “And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.“It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.” Joshua 6:1-5
So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. Joshua 6:20
The gates of the enemy are severely shut up because of you, even now.
The enemy knows that you are already victorious; that the Lord has already given you your Jericho. All you have to do is walk in the obedience he has called you to.
There won’t be a great battle and fireworks to achieve the defeat.
Your Jericho, like the Biblical Jericho will require obedience, willingness to look a little silly and absolute faith in the Lord.
The battle is not yours, it is the Lord’s!
The Lord is working behind the scenes to win the victory.
He has asked you to walk around your city, blow your trumpet and shout out your victory!
What does your Jericho look like?
What obedience has the Lord called you to?
Perhaps it is time to sit with Him as the year draws to an end to listen to His heart for you, to get some direction and some clarification, so you can begin to prepare for the victory He has for you in this New Year.
Your seventh day is coming and when it comes your only direction will be: Shout for the Lord has given you the city!