Day 54 – When at first you don’t succeed, don’t give up, but try again.
Today’s Reading: Joshua 5 – 7
Joshua 6:4-5 “Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. And when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.”
Many times it is the Lord’s plan to strengthen us and drive the Fear of Him into others when He makes us wait for the Victory in the war. The victory is always set to Glorify Him.
The Israelites had to march around Jericho once a day until the 7th day when they had to march 7 times around the city. On the 7th trip around the wall they yelled with assured victory and blew the victory horn until the walls fell.
God may just be doing the same with you. If at this time the door closes in front of you, cancer comes back…again, another month passed trying for a baby, another miscarriage, another tragedy, or still not enough funds in the bank account, think about how He will be Glorified when the Victory comes! Don’t give up! Keep walking around that wall! Blow the Horn of assured Victory, and win the Race! He is with you in the same way He was with the Israelites.
What is your Jericho? How will He conquer it through you? Every day I pray a couple of the same prayers, the same prayers I’ve been praying for at least 12 years. These specific prayers are my March around Jericho, these prayers are praying the walls down around people I love. Have I seen the walls fall yet? No, but I’m not giving up and every once and a blue moon I see the wall begin to crack.
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