FAITH CAPSULE: In the opposite direction of evil agenda is the package for God’s deliverance.

Joshua 5:13-15, 6:1-21

When it was time for the children of Israel to pass through Jericho on their way to the Promised Land, resistance showed up. Joshua 6:1-2, “Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.  And the LORD said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.” Does that sound like your situation? Are you facing any direct resistance as you proceed on to your Promised Land? To the children of Israel, The wall of Jericho represented hindrance; delay, denial and frustration. The wall of Jericho also represented an agent of failure to the children of Israel at the point of clearing the entire hurdle that led to their Promised Land. The responsibility of crossing Jericho was laid on Joshua who took over the leadership after Moses. Joshua has the responsibility to go over the Wall of Jericho that is described as impenetrable. While Joshua was standing beside Jericho, he refused to look at Jericho but rather looked in the opposite direction. Are you looking to what is standing in your way of breakthrough or are you looking away from it and towards help from above? Joshua 5:13 mentioned how Joshua received the package of breaking through the Jericho of hindrance, “And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” Joshua did not look at the hindrance, but he rather lifted his eyes and looked in the opposite direction. He did this with the understanding that in the opposite direction of evil agenda is the package for God’s deliverance. Joshua encountered with the Commander of the Lord’s army because he was able to look in the opposite direction of the representative of hindrance (Jericho). You can breakthrough if you will trust and know to look away from where you have been told there is no way. Where man says there is no way the Most High God is more than able to make a way. God remains the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) The wall of Jericho did not just fall but it fell down flat.

Prayer for today: In the name of Jesus, all the representative of the wall of Jericho in your journey will fall down flat.