Proclamation:
“Now
when all the … kings along the coast heard how The Lord had dried up the Jordan
before the Israelites until they crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and
they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.” Joshua 5:1 (NIV)
Explanation:
These
are the words of God which were written by Joshua under the influence of The
Holy Spirit of God. When the priests
carrying The Arc of The Covenant stepped into the Jordan River, the water
stopped flowing and they walked across on dry ground. They stopped in the middle of the Jordan and
stood on dry ground while all the Israelites walked around them into Canaan.
(Joshua 3:17) After the whole nation of
Israel had crossed the Jordan, The Lord God told Joshua to send twelve men back
to where the priest were standing and gather twelve stones. These twelve large stones were carried back
on their shoulders and set up, one on top of the other as a monument, where
they made camp. (Joshua 4:1-9) Then
Joshua commanded the priest carrying The Arc of The Covenant to out of the
Jordan and the waters returned to their place and resumed flowing. (Joshua
4:15-24) When the people of Canaan heard
how The Lord God had dried up the Jordan for the Israelites, they became afraid
to face them. (Joshua 5:1)
Application:
The
miracles that The Lord God preforms in our lives to make a way out of no way
for us, can be the same miracles that strikes fear in the hearts of our
enemies. All we have to do is trust and
obey Him, and our blessings will cause our enemies to become afraid. The very blessing which The Lord God uses to
encourage us, He can also use to discourage our enemies. When we glorify Him and proclaim His goodness
to us, we encourage the hearts of other believers, and The Holy Spirit of God
can use that to cause non-believers to become upset and worried, or to become convicted,
convinced, and converted.
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