Today’s Scripture: Joshua 6-8
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:5-6
It may often appear to us that God is leading in a direction that doesn’t make any sense at all. But God is not a combination of theology and logic. He is God.
A case in point is the crossing of the Jordan River, recorded in today’s passage. To the mortal mind, God’s timing was all wrong. Actually, it was the perfect time. If they had crossed when the river was normal, the landing probably would have been opposed. Crossing at harvest time, there was plenty of food for the millions of Israelites. And the miracle of crossing a flooded river would cause the enemy to tremble at God’s power.
To capture the great walled city of Jericho, God again chose a strange approach that defied human reasoning. Instead of preparing battering rams to knock down the wall or using ladders to scale the wall, or digging trenches under the wall, the ark of God was carried by the priests around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day the ark was carried around the city seven times while the soldiers marched in silence and the priests blew the trumpets of ram’s horns. When the command was given to shout, the walls fell down flat. What a glorious picture of obedience and faith!
Maybe the Lord is leading you down a road that seems to make no sense at all. It may be the road of forgiving someone who has deeply hurt you. Or it could be the path of persevering in your Christian witness in spite of opposition and ridicule. Whatever it is, you can be sure that as you walk in faith and obedience, God will enable you to do it.
Prayer
Lord, I look forward to the day when I will see the whole of life through Your eyes. Amen.
To Ponder
There is no such thing as good or bad timing to a God with no beginning and no end.
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