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You're walking by faith, not by sight, but you have something that you think, "This is unconquerable.
This is impossible.
This is tough.
It's formidable."
It might be an internal Jericho, some flaw in your character, some weakness, some weakness where you're tempted in an area more than any other area of your life, some Achilles' heel.
Could be anger.
Could be lust.
Could be impatience.
Others have external Jerichos: an unsaved friend.
You just can't seem to get the victory in that.
Perhaps, it's a debt, or even a disability.
It seems impossible.
Maybe it's a work for the Lord you feel God's called you to, but you think, "I could never do that.
That's too big.
I'm not good enough.
I'm not significant enough.
It's too hard of a battle."
Things looked impossible for the children of Israel.
Now Josh was leaning in hearing the strategy.
OK.
You want us to march around?
Oh, yeah.
They're going to get a good look at our army.
They're going to see how many people we are, good.
We won't do anything, we'll just show them who we are.
But then he said, yeah, you're going to do that.
You're going to go all over the city.
It's an easy walk.
It's a nine acre complex, the ancient city of Jericho.
So you're going to march all the way around the city, but you're going to do it every day.
Huh? Yeah, six days.
OK.
Then what?
So you're going to do a lot of walking around that town, 13 times.
Now Joshua is thinking, and then we attack?
Joshua is going, huh?
What?
You want me to tell that to my army men?
Get the picture, there's a small infantry of armed men, first of all, to protect the ark.
Then the priest bear the Ark of the covenant.
We talked all about that in previous studies.
Then in the rear guard, more armed men.
That is how it is led.
And the army will follow behind.
Now we have some insight here into the ways of God.
And I bet you know what scripture I am going to come up with.
This is not a smart military campaign.
It's brilliant spiritually.
It's going to boost the morale of the children of Israel and trusting God.
It's going to really debilitate the morale of the Canaanites.
But this is God's foolish campaign-- militarily campaign.
What could be more foolish than just marching around a city with a box?
And let's protect the box.
Let's not do anything.
Let's not say anything.
Let's just walk around that city with a box.
I'm sure the first day, fear struck the hearts of the Jerichoites as they looked out and go, oh, there they are.
It's beginning.
They're on the march.
And they just kind of move with their head and their eyes all the way around.
And they're going that way.
Now they're going around that way.
And going around, going around, going around-- now they're back.
And they go home.
And then early in the morning they do it again.
They wake everybody up in the city because they're early on the march.
And first the first day they were fearful.
By the third day, I'm sure the Jerichoites are mocking the children of Israel.
All they can do is walk.
They don't have an army.
They don't have implements of war.
They don't have battering rams, and catapults, and moving towers.
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There's a principle there.
You are mocked by the world because you follow the beat of a different drum.
You're following the orders of an invisible God.
They can't see him.
They mock you, but it's only the first day.
Or it's only the third day, battles not over yet.
Wait till the end.
Just wait till the end.
Don't get discouraged on day one, two, three, four, five, six.
Keep marching.
Keep going.
And so they did.
to march toward an enemy and be absolutely quiet, not say a word, not be able to-- you get so excited in the battle to let that out.
Usually that's just part of the game, part of what you do.
This is very difficult.
Accurse means devoted.
And here's the explanation in the next verse.
Quick principle:
So all the spoil from this city-- you can't keep any.
You can keep the next city, but you can't keep this city.
The first fruits belong to God.
The first city spoils belong to God.
All that metal will be part of the collection we take for the Tabernacle and for doing the work of God.
That's the idea of a devoted or an accursed thing.
I can only imagine what a great shout that was.
Not being able to shout-- not being able to speak for seven days.
All that pent up energy.
Now it's, raahhhh!
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