NO FOOLISHNESS
JOSHUA 6

During the coming out of the bondage of over four hundred years, the children of Israel were bewildered by the land and were also closed in by the wilderness. As they looked back, Pharaoh drew near with his men of war. Clearly their life was in danger of dying or being taken back to bondage. At that juncture, going forward was not foreseeable and turning back could end up worst more than living. By virtue of the fear generated, they could not see deliverance in any way. It was a grave situation that demanded divine intervention of God. Moses received an order for deliverance: “But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.” (Exodus 14:16) The order appeared too ordinary and probably sounded foolish in the ears of the children of Israel. Have you been in any predicament whereby the way of escape did not sound legit but rather sounded foolish? Among other challenges that confronted the children of Israel on their way to their Promised Land was the wall of Jericho. Having gone far in a number of years, Jericho needed to fall for their crossing over. The Bible records, “…Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.” (Joshua 6:1) Just as divine intervention was needed at the Red Sea, so it was needed in crossing over Jericho. Joshua, the new leader, received the order of command from the Lord. “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. 4 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. 5 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 6:3-5) The command to victory at the crossing of the Red Sea and the wall of Jericho may have sounded foolish, but the Commander who gave out the command is the only Commander of commanders. It is written in 1 Corinthians 1:25, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” Have you received any word of command that seems foolish or too easy to deliver you into your breakthrough? Stop being wise in your own eyes; take a dive into the word of God and your world will become victorious.

Prayer for today: O Lord, cause me not to despise the word of victory, deliverance and preservation when it sounds in my direction.