Now
(Jos 6:1-5)
By faith the walls of
(Heb 11:30)
FAITH AND OBEDIENCE… Today we have a beautiful picture of real faith that is patiently obedient to the LORD. A lot of times when I think of faith, I think of David charging at Goliath, or Jonathan taking his armor bearer and attacking the philistines alone. These were instances when God put something on a guy’s heart, and he ran forward with reckless abandon; clinging to God’s promise alone, risking it all for His kingdom.
Today we see faith of a different color. Faith that patiently waits, that does things that seem foolish to the natural man. SIX DAYS! For six days the Israelites left camp, circled the city of
Joshua and the Israelites didn’t see like men see. They saw with eyes of faith, from the LORD’S perspective. Human reason could have never predicted what was about to happen… but it was exactly what God had promised. It turned out to be the BEST way to prepare for this battle, because the LORD made the walls fall down! All of
There are so many times that the LORD has us do things that run contrary to what we would naturally do. If we really trust the LORD, we will obey even in those difficult situations. It takes faith to wait. REAL FAITH. Faith that is able to say, “I don’t understand why LORD, but you said it and that is enough for me”. Do you have that kind of faith?
2 comments:
My mom is having twins, 1 boy and 1 girl!!!!!!!!! She doesn't have any names picked out. Suggestions?
WOW! cool! Pretty amazing!
anyway... hmm.... names...
What kind of names?
Names that sound alike?
e.g. Sam and Joan (horrible at rhyming, sorry :p)
or just any other names?
like:
Josiah
Zelda
Link
Emily
John
Joseph
Mary?
Anyway... GREAT NEWS!
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