2026 Spring Retreat (1), “SEE, I HAVE DELIVERED JERICHO INTO YOUR HANDS”
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“SEE, I HAVE DELIVERED JERICHO INTO YOUR HANDS”
Joshua 6:1-21
Before this event, God had made a promise many years earlier to Abraham, the forefather of
Israel, that his descendants would become a great nation and would one day receive their own
land, the land of Canaan. Over time, Abraham’s family grew into the people of Israel, but they
later became slaves in Egypt for many years. God then raised up Moses to lead them out of
slavery and toward the land He had promised them. Moses guided them through the wilderness,
but he died before they entered it. Joshua, who was Moses’ faithful assistant and successor, was
then chosen by God to lead the people across the Jordan River into the Promised Land and
complete what God had spoken generations before. He was called to be strong and courageous,
to obey God’s word fully, and to lead Israel in both faith and battle. Before Israel could enjoy the
blessings of the Promised Land, they had to conquer the impregnable city of Jericho. But if they
could conquer Jericho, then the remaining cities of the land could be conquered more easily,
and the richness of the land would be theirs.
Let us first look at verse 1, “Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one
went out and no one came in.” Jericho was a very beautiful city called the City of Palms. The
land was so fertile that its production was self-supporting. Surrounding the city was a virtually
impregnable double wall. The outer wall was 2m thick and 7-9m high, and 5m away from it,
there was an inner wall, 4m thick and 9m high. Each of these walls was slanted at a 35-degree
angle so that no one could climb them. When this city of Jericho was tightly shut up, there
almost seemed to be no way to conquer this city.
I want you to imagine what Jericho means to you. You can imagine what Joshua must have felt
knowing that he had to somehow enter this city and take it down. A Jericho is something that
cannot be conquered solely by man’s efforts. In our lives, we will always have a Jericho in our
way. Something that God commands us to take down, but when we arrive at the gate and stare
up at the seemingly impossible wall, we can’t help but feel hopeless if we had to do it alone. A
Jericho for us could be inside or outside our hearts. It could be a force or power within us, or an
outward human situation that blocks our way. It could be an unhealthy habit, a negative
thought, or an unchangeable personality. For many of us students, getting good grades could be
Jericho. To others, overcoming fear, loneliness, addiction, or failure could be Jericho. In our
generation, broken families, rising anxiety, materialism, and the need to lead young people back
to Christ may be the Jerichos we are called to confront. So how can we conquer Jericho?
Let's now look at verse 2. “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and
its fighting men.” Do you see what the Lord said? He said, “I have delivered…” As far as God was
concerned, Jericho was already conquered. Can you imagine how Joshua must have felt when he
heard that God had already promised him victory? The LORD gave Joshua this promise so that
he may fight with victory in mind.
I did some research on human psychology and learned the power of confidence. When a person
truly believes victory is possible, their mindset and actions begin to shift. Fear loses some of its
power, people hesitate less, and effort becomes more consistent. People who expect defeat often
act timidly and give up early. But when someone believes the outcome is already secured, they
move with resilience. They can endure setbacks because they no longer see struggle as proof of
failure, but as part of the path to victory.
This is what God’s promise did for Joshua. Before a single wall fell, Joshua was given the
mindset of a conqueror. In the same way, when God gives us his promises, he is not only
speaking about the future; he is transforming how we fight in the present.
Before Abraham had received God’s promise that through him all peoples on earth would be
blessed, he lived with a sense of failure and curse. But when God called him, God gave him the
word of promise, “You will be a blessing,” so that he might live with a sense of blessing. When
Jesus called on his disciple Simon Peter, who had been out on the water all night and had caught
no fish, he made him a promise. He said, “From now on you will catch men,” so that he might
live with a sense of victory and hope.
Life is a spiritual battle, and we are living in a time filled with uncertainty. Many people carry
fear, stress, and worry because so much in this world feels unstable. It is not easy to keep
confidence when we face hardship and repeated disappointments. Many lose heart and begin to
expect defeat. Yet God calls us to live with a renewed sense of victory, trusting that what we face
today is not the end of the story. He wants us to stand firm until we see his faithfulness fulfilled
in our lives. That is why Jesus said to his disciples, “In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.”
Now we will look at the strategy God gave Joshua for overcoming Jericho in verses 3-5. The
LORD said. “3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have
seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march
around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound
a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will
collapse, and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
What a bizarre strategy for war. It sounds like a war strategy I would find in a children's game,
not a military strategy for a real battle. God wanted them to simply march around the city, blow
their trumpets, shout and then suddenly have the walls collapse? You see, while we might have
expected a Trojan horse strategy, or instructions on where to dig a tunnel and sneak in the
middle of the night, this is our human logic and intuition. God does not work the way we think;
otherwise, we ourselves would be God. Many times when we receive the instructions from God,
our human instinct is to say, “No, this does not make sense, how could this work, I have a better
strategy”, but those who can ignore our human logic and instead trust the word of God are the
ones who witness his power, because his greatest works often happen beyond the limits of
human reasoning.
Let’s look at the battle plan in more detail, so we can try to understand why God commanded
this to Joshua. He said, “March around the city once… Do this for six days.” God called them to
do something seemingly simple, to march around the city once, but do it every day. While this
may seem bizarre in the context of a war plan, can you imagine a time when God calls us to do
something seemingly simple, but do it consistently? God calls us to pray every day, to read his
word, resist temptation, to forgive others, to serve faithfully, and to keep showing up in
obedience even when nothing seems to be changing. Many of God’s greatest works are not done
through a single dramatic moment, but rather through the simple acts of faith practiced
consistently over time. That is why they were told to march around the city not for one or two
days, but for six days.
You may also notice that in God’s battle plan, the number 7 is repeated 14 times in chapter 6. In
the Bible, seven is a perfect and complete number. It means God asks for perfect and absolute
obedience and devotion. Where there is absolute obedience and devotion, there is absolute
victory.
One or two acts of obedience may not seem to change the situation. But absolute obedience and
devotion never fail to change it. Everyone wants to obey God’s command once or twice. But
when things do not change, many become discouraged and give up. Then they say, “I tried, but it
did not work.” God watches whether we obey and persevere to the end with an absolute attitude.
You can probably imagine that the people of Israel wanted to conquer Jericho as soon as
possible. If they were to march every day, they might have wanted to march seven times every
day. But God commanded them to march once a day for six days. God trained them to obey him
with faith and endurance, denying their own plans and emotions.
For six days, they marched once each day with a thankful, prayerful, and cooperative spirit.
Jericho did not suddenly fall only at the moment when the people marched the seventh time on
the seventh day. Rather, the fall came through persistent faith, prayer, and reliance on God.
I can relate to this personally. I have just finished my time at UBC, and there were many
moments where graduation felt far away. There were assignments, exams, pressures, and
seasons where progress did not feel dramatic. Yet semester by semester, class by class, I kept
showing up and doing the work in front of me. Now that the season has come to an end, I can
see that the breakthrough did not happen in one sudden moment, but through years of steady
faithfulness. In the same way, the walls of Jericho often fall after long obedience in the same
direction. God often uses consistency in the ordinary to prepare us for victory in the
extraordinary.
Then God said, “Have seven priests carry trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark.” Do you
know what instrument God seems to like most? It is the trumpet. In Israel, there were two kinds
of trumpets. Ones of silver and ones of ram’s horns. The trumpets of silver were used by officials
to maintain order, provide direction, and call the people together. In contrast, the trumpets of
ram’s horns were used in times of rejoicing, worship, appointed festivals, and special
celebrations when freedom was proclaimed. So blowing the trumpets of ram’s horns meant
giving thanks and praise to God for his grace. They were to march around the city with a
thankful and praising spirit while blowing the trumpets of ram’s horns. What a remarkable
scene to give praise to God on a battlefield. Throughout this passage, we see the phrase “blowing
the trumpets” repeated in verses 4, 8, 9, and 13. The constant sound of the trumpets praising
God lifted the people’s morale, as they were joyful and thankful.
When things are going well, it’s easy to praise God and be thankful, to sound the trumpets of
ram’s horns. But rather in the times of battle, when we are scared, that is when we start to rely
on our human instincts. It is in those moments, when the path forward seems scary, that's when
God wants us, his people, to thank and praise him.
There was a story about Paul and Silas, who were beaten severely and put in jail while preaching
the gospel. They were tied up and locked away, yet they were praying and singing hymns to God.
Then at midnight one night, while all the other prisoners were listening, there was an
earthquake and all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. There was
great power in praising God, and God was present in their praise and displayed his power.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Paul said, “…giving thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus”. He also said, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of
those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Ro 8:28). Praising God has
mysterious power. When we sing praises to God, darkness begins to lose its hold, and our hearts
are filled with renewed strength. When we praise God, fear and unbelief are pushed back, and
peace, courage, and hope begin to rise within us.
God then said to Joshua, “Have seven priests carry trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark...”
Then Joshua called the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have
seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” He ordered the people, “Advance! March around the
city, with the armed guard going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
Here we see the marching order: In the front were the armed guards, followed by seven priests
carrying trumpets, then the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and finally the rear guard. God was
at the center. The focus was on God. The strategy was to move with the ark of the covenant. The
ark was the sacred chest that represented the presence of God among his people. Inside it were
reminders of God’s covenant, his law, and his faithfulness to Israel. Wherever the ark went, it
reminded the people that this battle was not ultimately theirs, but the Lord’s. Their confidence
was not in weapons or numbers, but in the God who went before them.
Then in verse 10. “But Joshua had commanded the people, ‘Do not give a war cry, do not raise
your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout…” Can you imagine having
travelled in the wilderness for 40 years before entering the Promised Land, and now that you
have arrived and are ready for battle, you must remain quiet? When you think of entering battle,
you picture yelling and anger, with everyone shouting “ATTACK!” While most of them would
have been tempted to complain, this would have spread like fire, and then the whole community
would collapse before Jericho did. This was God training them to be patient when they would
least want to be patient.
At another point in my life, I found myself wanting things to happen quickly, especially when it
came to finding direction for my future and getting a job right away. There was pressure to
figure everything out immediately, to have clarity, and to step into something secure. But the
reality was, I didn’t even fully know what I wanted to do or what direction I was meant to take.
In that uncertainty, instead of forcing decisions or rushing ahead, I learned to slow down and
pray. I had to sit with the unknown and trust that God could guide me even when I didn’t have
clarity myself. Over time, that process taught me that sometimes God is less concerned with how
fast we move and more concerned with whether we are moving with him.
And so they listened to Joshua’s direction and marched around the city silently, so that each
heart could become prayerful. Then this became a powerful united prayer in complete silence.
Their silent march with the ark of the LORD at the center was a powerful factor in the battle. A
prayerful army walking in deep trust in God is truly great and mighty. Isaiah 30:15 says, “In
quietness and trust is your strength.”
Look at verses 15-16. “On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city
seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. The
seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the
people, ‘Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.’”
Finishing strong was important because the final step often completes the work. It must have
been extremely difficult for the Israelites to march around the city seven times, especially after
already marching the entire day. But they stayed obedient and finished what God had
commanded them to do.
Then, at the last long blast of the trumpets, all the people shouted. Verse 20 says, “When the
trumpets sounded, the people shouted... the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in,
and they took the city.” God’s strategy was true. The wall of Jericho collapsed.
Our God is the God of both the beginning and the end. He calls us not only to start in faith, but
to finish in faith as well, even when it requires greater effort than expected. When Israel obeyed
God’s instructions with steadfast faith, the walls of Jericho came down. As Hebrews 11:29 says,
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.”
Thank God that He teaches us how to face and overcome the impossible walls in our lives. He
gives us victory not by removing the battle, but by going with us through it. May we learn to trust
His promises before we see results, to walk in daily obedience through prayer, His word, and
praise, and to believe that what looks unbreakable can still fall when God is at the center.
Joshua 6:1-21
Before this event, God had made a promise many years earlier to Abraham, the forefather of
Israel, that his descendants would become a great nation and would one day receive their own
land, the land of Canaan. Over time, Abraham’s family grew into the people of Israel, but they
later became slaves in Egypt for many years. God then raised up Moses to lead them out of
slavery and toward the land He had promised them. Moses guided them through the wilderness,
but he died before they entered it. Joshua, who was Moses’ faithful assistant and successor, was
then chosen by God to lead the people across the Jordan River into the Promised Land and
complete what God had spoken generations before. He was called to be strong and courageous,
to obey God’s word fully, and to lead Israel in both faith and battle. Before Israel could enjoy the
blessings of the Promised Land, they had to conquer the impregnable city of Jericho. But if they
could conquer Jericho, then the remaining cities of the land could be conquered more easily,
and the richness of the land would be theirs.
Let us first look at verse 1, “Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one
went out and no one came in.” Jericho was a very beautiful city called the City of Palms. The
land was so fertile that its production was self-supporting. Surrounding the city was a virtually
impregnable double wall. The outer wall was 2m thick and 7-9m high, and 5m away from it,
there was an inner wall, 4m thick and 9m high. Each of these walls was slanted at a 35-degree
angle so that no one could climb them. When this city of Jericho was tightly shut up, there
almost seemed to be no way to conquer this city.
I want you to imagine what Jericho means to you. You can imagine what Joshua must have felt
knowing that he had to somehow enter this city and take it down. A Jericho is something that
cannot be conquered solely by man’s efforts. In our lives, we will always have a Jericho in our
way. Something that God commands us to take down, but when we arrive at the gate and stare
up at the seemingly impossible wall, we can’t help but feel hopeless if we had to do it alone. A
Jericho for us could be inside or outside our hearts. It could be a force or power within us, or an
outward human situation that blocks our way. It could be an unhealthy habit, a negative
thought, or an unchangeable personality. For many of us students, getting good grades could be
Jericho. To others, overcoming fear, loneliness, addiction, or failure could be Jericho. In our
generation, broken families, rising anxiety, materialism, and the need to lead young people back
to Christ may be the Jerichos we are called to confront. So how can we conquer Jericho?
Let's now look at verse 2. “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and
its fighting men.” Do you see what the Lord said? He said, “I have delivered…” As far as God was
concerned, Jericho was already conquered. Can you imagine how Joshua must have felt when he
heard that God had already promised him victory? The LORD gave Joshua this promise so that
he may fight with victory in mind.
I did some research on human psychology and learned the power of confidence. When a person
truly believes victory is possible, their mindset and actions begin to shift. Fear loses some of its
power, people hesitate less, and effort becomes more consistent. People who expect defeat often
act timidly and give up early. But when someone believes the outcome is already secured, they
move with resilience. They can endure setbacks because they no longer see struggle as proof of
failure, but as part of the path to victory.
This is what God’s promise did for Joshua. Before a single wall fell, Joshua was given the
mindset of a conqueror. In the same way, when God gives us his promises, he is not only
speaking about the future; he is transforming how we fight in the present.
Before Abraham had received God’s promise that through him all peoples on earth would be
blessed, he lived with a sense of failure and curse. But when God called him, God gave him the
word of promise, “You will be a blessing,” so that he might live with a sense of blessing. When
Jesus called on his disciple Simon Peter, who had been out on the water all night and had caught
no fish, he made him a promise. He said, “From now on you will catch men,” so that he might
live with a sense of victory and hope.
Life is a spiritual battle, and we are living in a time filled with uncertainty. Many people carry
fear, stress, and worry because so much in this world feels unstable. It is not easy to keep
confidence when we face hardship and repeated disappointments. Many lose heart and begin to
expect defeat. Yet God calls us to live with a renewed sense of victory, trusting that what we face
today is not the end of the story. He wants us to stand firm until we see his faithfulness fulfilled
in our lives. That is why Jesus said to his disciples, “In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.”
Now we will look at the strategy God gave Joshua for overcoming Jericho in verses 3-5. The
LORD said. “3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have
seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march
around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound
a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will
collapse, and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
What a bizarre strategy for war. It sounds like a war strategy I would find in a children's game,
not a military strategy for a real battle. God wanted them to simply march around the city, blow
their trumpets, shout and then suddenly have the walls collapse? You see, while we might have
expected a Trojan horse strategy, or instructions on where to dig a tunnel and sneak in the
middle of the night, this is our human logic and intuition. God does not work the way we think;
otherwise, we ourselves would be God. Many times when we receive the instructions from God,
our human instinct is to say, “No, this does not make sense, how could this work, I have a better
strategy”, but those who can ignore our human logic and instead trust the word of God are the
ones who witness his power, because his greatest works often happen beyond the limits of
human reasoning.
Let’s look at the battle plan in more detail, so we can try to understand why God commanded
this to Joshua. He said, “March around the city once… Do this for six days.” God called them to
do something seemingly simple, to march around the city once, but do it every day. While this
may seem bizarre in the context of a war plan, can you imagine a time when God calls us to do
something seemingly simple, but do it consistently? God calls us to pray every day, to read his
word, resist temptation, to forgive others, to serve faithfully, and to keep showing up in
obedience even when nothing seems to be changing. Many of God’s greatest works are not done
through a single dramatic moment, but rather through the simple acts of faith practiced
consistently over time. That is why they were told to march around the city not for one or two
days, but for six days.
You may also notice that in God’s battle plan, the number 7 is repeated 14 times in chapter 6. In
the Bible, seven is a perfect and complete number. It means God asks for perfect and absolute
obedience and devotion. Where there is absolute obedience and devotion, there is absolute
victory.
One or two acts of obedience may not seem to change the situation. But absolute obedience and
devotion never fail to change it. Everyone wants to obey God’s command once or twice. But
when things do not change, many become discouraged and give up. Then they say, “I tried, but it
did not work.” God watches whether we obey and persevere to the end with an absolute attitude.
You can probably imagine that the people of Israel wanted to conquer Jericho as soon as
possible. If they were to march every day, they might have wanted to march seven times every
day. But God commanded them to march once a day for six days. God trained them to obey him
with faith and endurance, denying their own plans and emotions.
For six days, they marched once each day with a thankful, prayerful, and cooperative spirit.
Jericho did not suddenly fall only at the moment when the people marched the seventh time on
the seventh day. Rather, the fall came through persistent faith, prayer, and reliance on God.
I can relate to this personally. I have just finished my time at UBC, and there were many
moments where graduation felt far away. There were assignments, exams, pressures, and
seasons where progress did not feel dramatic. Yet semester by semester, class by class, I kept
showing up and doing the work in front of me. Now that the season has come to an end, I can
see that the breakthrough did not happen in one sudden moment, but through years of steady
faithfulness. In the same way, the walls of Jericho often fall after long obedience in the same
direction. God often uses consistency in the ordinary to prepare us for victory in the
extraordinary.
Then God said, “Have seven priests carry trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark.” Do you
know what instrument God seems to like most? It is the trumpet. In Israel, there were two kinds
of trumpets. Ones of silver and ones of ram’s horns. The trumpets of silver were used by officials
to maintain order, provide direction, and call the people together. In contrast, the trumpets of
ram’s horns were used in times of rejoicing, worship, appointed festivals, and special
celebrations when freedom was proclaimed. So blowing the trumpets of ram’s horns meant
giving thanks and praise to God for his grace. They were to march around the city with a
thankful and praising spirit while blowing the trumpets of ram’s horns. What a remarkable
scene to give praise to God on a battlefield. Throughout this passage, we see the phrase “blowing
the trumpets” repeated in verses 4, 8, 9, and 13. The constant sound of the trumpets praising
God lifted the people’s morale, as they were joyful and thankful.
When things are going well, it’s easy to praise God and be thankful, to sound the trumpets of
ram’s horns. But rather in the times of battle, when we are scared, that is when we start to rely
on our human instincts. It is in those moments, when the path forward seems scary, that's when
God wants us, his people, to thank and praise him.
There was a story about Paul and Silas, who were beaten severely and put in jail while preaching
the gospel. They were tied up and locked away, yet they were praying and singing hymns to God.
Then at midnight one night, while all the other prisoners were listening, there was an
earthquake and all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. There was
great power in praising God, and God was present in their praise and displayed his power.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Paul said, “…giving thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for
you in Christ Jesus”. He also said, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of
those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Ro 8:28). Praising God has
mysterious power. When we sing praises to God, darkness begins to lose its hold, and our hearts
are filled with renewed strength. When we praise God, fear and unbelief are pushed back, and
peace, courage, and hope begin to rise within us.
God then said to Joshua, “Have seven priests carry trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark...”
Then Joshua called the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have
seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” He ordered the people, “Advance! March around the
city, with the armed guard going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
Here we see the marching order: In the front were the armed guards, followed by seven priests
carrying trumpets, then the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and finally the rear guard. God was
at the center. The focus was on God. The strategy was to move with the ark of the covenant. The
ark was the sacred chest that represented the presence of God among his people. Inside it were
reminders of God’s covenant, his law, and his faithfulness to Israel. Wherever the ark went, it
reminded the people that this battle was not ultimately theirs, but the Lord’s. Their confidence
was not in weapons or numbers, but in the God who went before them.
Then in verse 10. “But Joshua had commanded the people, ‘Do not give a war cry, do not raise
your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout…” Can you imagine having
travelled in the wilderness for 40 years before entering the Promised Land, and now that you
have arrived and are ready for battle, you must remain quiet? When you think of entering battle,
you picture yelling and anger, with everyone shouting “ATTACK!” While most of them would
have been tempted to complain, this would have spread like fire, and then the whole community
would collapse before Jericho did. This was God training them to be patient when they would
least want to be patient.
At another point in my life, I found myself wanting things to happen quickly, especially when it
came to finding direction for my future and getting a job right away. There was pressure to
figure everything out immediately, to have clarity, and to step into something secure. But the
reality was, I didn’t even fully know what I wanted to do or what direction I was meant to take.
In that uncertainty, instead of forcing decisions or rushing ahead, I learned to slow down and
pray. I had to sit with the unknown and trust that God could guide me even when I didn’t have
clarity myself. Over time, that process taught me that sometimes God is less concerned with how
fast we move and more concerned with whether we are moving with him.
And so they listened to Joshua’s direction and marched around the city silently, so that each
heart could become prayerful. Then this became a powerful united prayer in complete silence.
Their silent march with the ark of the LORD at the center was a powerful factor in the battle. A
prayerful army walking in deep trust in God is truly great and mighty. Isaiah 30:15 says, “In
quietness and trust is your strength.”
Look at verses 15-16. “On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city
seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. The
seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the
people, ‘Shout! For the LORD has given you the city.’”
Finishing strong was important because the final step often completes the work. It must have
been extremely difficult for the Israelites to march around the city seven times, especially after
already marching the entire day. But they stayed obedient and finished what God had
commanded them to do.
Then, at the last long blast of the trumpets, all the people shouted. Verse 20 says, “When the
trumpets sounded, the people shouted... the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in,
and they took the city.” God’s strategy was true. The wall of Jericho collapsed.
Our God is the God of both the beginning and the end. He calls us not only to start in faith, but
to finish in faith as well, even when it requires greater effort than expected. When Israel obeyed
God’s instructions with steadfast faith, the walls of Jericho came down. As Hebrews 11:29 says,
“By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.”
Thank God that He teaches us how to face and overcome the impossible walls in our lives. He
gives us victory not by removing the battle, but by going with us through it. May we learn to trust
His promises before we see results, to walk in daily obedience through prayer, His word, and
praise, and to believe that what looks unbreakable can still fall when God is at the center.