It is in the battle recorded in Joshua 10 that we have one of the most remarkable miracles recorded in the whole of the Bible. Joshua prayed for extra daylight so he could see the victory through. In response, God caused the sun to stand still for a whole day. This miracle would probably have involved the suspension of the earth’s rotation, but, by all appearances, the sun stopped in the sky! To anyone in the ancient Near East this would have been even more than a remarkable miracle in itself. Many nations in the ancient world worshipped the sun, often as the highest of their gods. That God should be seen to control the sun would have therefore been a powerful sign to them of who it was they were dealing with here. In our day we are prone to put great value on the laws of nature as though they were the highest and most binding of all laws. This section speaks as powerfully to our scientific culture as it did to the ancient Near Eastern cults. The highest law of the universe is the will of God. Even the planets and solar systems of the universe obey his will. To know and flow with God’s will is the most important thing in life. When you step out of God’s will you therefore come into painful discord with everything else, both within you and around you. But when your life flows with God’s Spirit you have peace and rest, just like a planet in orbit around its sun.
Reflect on God’s will for you today. What should you prioritise today?
Read Joshua 10:1-15
