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Joshua 6: 16 (NIV)
The seventh time around, when the
priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the
Lord has given you the city!”
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| The Lord builds a bridge . . . directly under the feet of a . . . traveler. He never builds the bridge a few steps ahead.* |
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My husband and I liked to hike. When we started out on a trail, we checked on its length, but sometimes the posted signage wasn’t clear as to whether the distance was one way or round trip or if the trail looped. Occasionally the trail seemed to be much longer than indicated and we had to decide how much further we should go before giving up and turning around. If only we could know how close we were to our goal!
God announced to Joshua that he had delivered Jericho into his hands – but first he and the people had to march around the walls of the city every day for six days. So they did. And nothing happened. How many days would you have kept walking before giving up? On the seventh day, they got up at dawn to circle the city seven times. Everything was the same as on the last 12 circuits until the seventh one on the seventh day when Joshua ordered them to shout and blow the trumpets. What were their expectations this time? When the walls came down, did they remember that God had proclaimed that the victory was already theirs, before they had even started walking in circles?
We don’t know how much further we have to go to reach our goal but every step we take brings us closer to the final circuit. As Max Lucado writes: “Keep walking . . . this may be the day the Jericho walls come down. You may be one step away from victory.”*
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| Trust God; for you cannot KNOW!* |
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