MIRACLES CAN BLESS US AND FRIGHTEN OUR ENEMIES

PROCLAMATION

“And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that The Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their hearts melted, neither was there spirit in them any more…”  Joshua 5:1 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These are the words of God which were revealed to and 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 the Israelites walked across the Jordan on dry ground.  The priests 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, one from each of the twelve tribes, 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 come out of the Jordan and as they stepped on the shore the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and resumed flowing. (Joshua 4:15-24)  When the Amorites and 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)  Then The Lord told Joshua to circumcise the males that had been born in the wilderness and had not been circumcised. (Joshua 5:2-8)  When they celebrated the Passover, they ate produce which had been grown in Canaan.  On the day after the Passover, manna stopped falling from heaven. (Joshua 5:10-12)

 

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.