Why I Believe What I Believe
Day 123
Biblical principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:
Truth
1: God will not go with you into the battles of the Christian walk if we take
from the provisions of the world to meet our needs.
Truth
2: After great victories from God, do not approach the next battle with the
attitude that you can fight this one without every part of our being. All
battles are the Lord’s, big insurmountable ones and ones that appear small and
simple. (Thought: If they took everyone with them into this new battle perhaps,
they would have found out Achan. He might have hesitated to go because he may
have been thinking he may die and would not enjoy the riches he just took.) Do
not get ahead of God in the battles.
Joshua 7:1-13, But the children of Israel committed a
trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi,
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the
anger of the Lord was kindled
against the children of Israel. 2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to
Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them,
saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. 3And
they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but
let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the
people to labour thither; for they are but few. 4So there went up
thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of
Ai. 5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for
they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the
going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6And
Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of
the Lord until the eventide, he
and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7And Joshua
said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore
hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand
of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on
the other side Jordan! 8O Lord,
what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9For
the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall
environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do
unto thy great name? 10And the Lord
said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11Israel
hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded
them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and
dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12Therefore
the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their
backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with
you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13Up,
sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus
saith the Lord God of Israel,
There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand
before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
Practical - Works that apply Biblical principle:
What
are you relying on for victory: things you have or who God is? What is keeping
you from going to battle without all your armor on?
Ephesians
6:11, Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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