The first battle that Israel fought to occupy the land of Canaan was the battle against Jericho. God had them go about conquering this city in a way that would underscore the most important principle at work in this whole time of conquest. God had already given them the land, it was as good as theirs, they just had to go in and claim their prize. The march around the city was a symbol of the fact that God was marking the city out as his own. God would bring the supposedly impenetrable walls of Jericho down. The Israelites had only to go in and take the city. Moving ahead with God can be a real battle. We must fight, spiritually, for every bit of ground we take in fulfilling God’s mission. It is important to recognise though that we do not fight for victory. We fight from victory. When you live for your own agenda you have the great burden throughout your life of having to make things happen. But when you give yourself over to God’s agenda you no longer need to worry about making things happen. When you serve God’s agenda you don’t make things happen, God does. When you walk with God you don’t have to make a way for yourself because God has already made the way forward.
Commit yourself to God’s agenda.
Read Joshua 5:13 – 6:27
