Proclamation:
“And it came to pass, when all the kings of
the Amorites … and all the kings of the Canaanites … 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 heart melted, neither was there any spirit in them any
more, because of the children of Israel.” Joshua 5:1 (KJV)
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, their hearts
melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
(Joshua 5:1) The Lord God told Joshua to
circumcise all of the males born during the forty years in the wilderness so
that they would be circumcised before they went up against their enemy. (Joshua
5:2-8)
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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