Part 2

Christa posted part 1 to a series i started yesterday morning, here's part 2 if anyone is interested.

Pressing into the promise

You have survived the desert experience and you stand on the brink of your promise. Just as you begin to enter the promise, there arises in the distance an obstacle. An obstacle designed to intimidate you, and to distract you. What do you do?

Joshua 6:1 - 20

The answer lies in this simple story.

1) Press on. They knew that Jericho stood in their way, but because of their desert experience they knew the battle as already won.

2) Listen for God’s voice. It’s in that still small voice that we fine reassurance, we find guidance, and we find hope.

3) Keep walking. It may be tiring, it may be long, but the longer you walk the more discouraged the enemy gets, his thought is “why won’t they give up” We may go through the same routine week after week, the key is to keep walking. The Israelites repeated the same ritual for six days, and on the seventh it was dragged out, but they kept walking.

4) Shout it out. Victory is yours, don’t settle for anything less. Lift your voice, raise your hands and say “He’s done it again!” The key is to shout before the victory not after. We Pentecostals/charismatics tend to shout after the victory, but the Israelites shouted before the victory. They shouted all the way to victory.

The purpose of Jericho was to slow the Israelites down, to get them thinking, questioning, and wondering. But you know the promise God has given you, it’s your duty to press in to the promise.

Feel free to use if you like, I'll post part 3 next week.