FAITH CAPSULE: Assuming is denying God due attention.

Joshua 7:1-9
 
The word of God is power to direct, deliver and to preserve. The word of God does not return to Him void. The power and consistency in His word is assurance. With assurance from God, the Israelites were delivered and set for their assured Promised Land.In the course of their journey, Joshua and the children of Israel faced giant obstacles but none was enough to stop or slow them down in their journey. Despite challenges, the assurance for deliverance and preservation in the word of God remains consistentat every step.However, a failure to attend to God’s assurance at any point in journey is the evidence of taking God’s assurance for granted. Are you taking any step in your journey for granted? It can be tempting to take some steps for granted if your previous steps have been relatively easy. Assuming is denying God due attention.
The Bible described the challenge against Jericho, “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.” (Joshua 6:1-2) The security of Jericho against the advancement of the Israelites was not enough to deny the assurance in the word of God. The Israelites, having brought down Jericho without using man made weapons but only God’s praise, they moved forward against Ai. Joshua sent men to go and spy on Ai before going in to attack. The spy went and came back with a report of assumption. Joshua 7:3, “And they returned to Joshua and said to him, ‘Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few.’” Can you imagine the people of God turning to their own assumptions instead of God‘s assurances?The Israelites went and could not stand against their enemy. It is written, “So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.”(Joshua 7:4)The children of Israel were struck and could not stand against their enemy. If their battle was based on God’s assurance, their story would have turned out differently. If you are marching in the direction of victory, continue to seek God’s assurance. The devil is a liar. There is no easy battle for a child of God except the one that God fights for His children. Your assumption will ruin your victory, but His assurance will win it for you.
 
Prayer for today:Ask God to deliver you from every avenue of self-destruction.