Keep walkin’
In Joshua 6, (The Message) Joshua and the Israelites had strict orders to march around the city of Jericho everyday for 6 days and march around 7 times on the seventh day. Those daily walks would cause the walls of Jericho to fall down and allow the people to walk straight through on the way to the Promised Land. The best visual account of this story is the early VeggieTales “Josh and the Big Wall.” Phil Vischer did a fabulous job of re-telling that story.
Do you think all those Israelites understood what they were doing or why they were doing such weird instructions? No, they probably all didn’t understand it, but they couldn’t talk about it. Joshua told them –”Don’t shout. In fact, don’t even speak–not so much as a whisper until you hear me say, ‘Shout!’–then shout away.”
Now usually when we don’t understand a task, we are trained to ask for clarification. Then if we agree with the reasons behind that task, we proceed. If we still think the task is weird, then we don’t do our best at it, if at all.
Imagine the faith involved with Joshua and the Israelites. They didn’t ask questions. They marched each day, blowing the trumpets, carrying the Chest of God, until the walls fell down when they were free to proceed on their journey.
God, give us the faith and understanding to keep walkin’ toward Your goal.