Catch the vision of your leader and be blessed!
Following the vision of a Godly leader takes humbleness, a spirit of obedience and faith in God. We need to realize that God is in control of everything. We should totally trust God to guide our Leader in the right direction and this should produce obedience to our leadership. I often marvel at the miracle God wrought at the walls of Jericho.
This was an example of obedience to the man of God. The people of God followed God’s instructions. Let’s look at the mandate they had to follow.
Jos 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Jos 6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
Jos 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Jos 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
When Joshua fought the battle of Jericho god gave them specific instructions to win. They didn't ask a lot of questions like we would today.
Well why can’t we walk seven times the first day?
Why does it have to be a whole week?
Is He sure God spoke to him?
This doesn’t make sense! How is walking and shouting gonna overcome the city?
Why did the priests have to go first?
Why do they get to blow the Ram’s horn? I wanted to do that!
"Jos 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout."
One of the main reasons we are not victorious in many areas of our lives is because of disobedience. We want to know the 'whys' to everything. Instead of obeying the man of God and trusting that God is in total control.
God says shout we wave our hands.
He says pray we sing.
He says worship we wait.
He says trust we talk.
He says go we stay.
They didn’t boast or taunt the people of Jericho. They walked in silence and obedience and they were blessed.
They were victorious!
Catch the vision!
Follow in Obedience and be blessed!
