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Even after the Lord promised Joshua in chapter 6 verse 2, that He has already delivered the city of Jericho and all of its men and king into his hands, the Lord still instructs certain things very clearly. Lets get a little deeper into His instructions to Joshua and grab the deep truths from this account.

To Read : Joshua 6 : 2-19

1. Exhibit Faith (Jos 6:3,4) :
Clear instruction to go around the wall of Jericho one time each day until six days but on the seventh day to go around seven times. This is where, the sermon gets its title, "SEVENTH TIME SEVEN". Its like, "Round and Round the Garden" as the nursery rhyme goes, Joshua was instructed with something specific to be carried out.

If we try to understand this in our intellectual minds, this doesn't look like it will help in anyway for breaking the wall down. Very often, we may find that we are instructed with something that doesn't look very meaningful in the sight of the world. But the question left with us is, "Are we ready to do that one thing, the Lord instructed us to do, in spite of the task looking very redundant ?"

The answer to the above question as "yes", really matters to God. Why?

It's because the Lord looks forward to seeing us exhibit our faith. If doing the same task in our context means everyday prayer, everyday meditating the Word, everyday claiming what He has promised, everyday confessing that one thing the Lord promised that He will do, it is still worth doing it even when we don't see things moving in the direction we desired. One day you will see the wall fall down. From this, we understand its important that we exhibit our faith in action.

2. Do Not Be Noisy (Jos 6:10) :
Joshua instructed, "do not open your mouth to talk anything as you wish". Joshua clearly instructed the marching troop, that no noise be made, not even to open their mouth to speak anything. They were just allowed to blow the trumpets, walk around and the retire at their camp.

This simply means, do not have your own opinions, don't judge what the Lord can do in impossible situations like that of a huge Jericho wall blocking the people of Israel from entering into the city of Jericho. "Blowing the trumpet" means, just speak words of faith, just proclaim His Word about you and "Shut Up" means, do not ever risk to speak unnecessary things, do not ever express your negative notions about what the Lord is about to do.

3. Kill 'em All (Jos 6:17(a)) :
They were instructed to, destroy everything and everyone in the city of Jericho. This simply means, the enemies that you have in your flesh needs to be dealt with properly until you make sure that you are dead to the desires of your flesh.

It means, everyone of us who is awaiting the BLESSING should deal with our own Jericho, though in a worldly way, it may mean very fragrant and savoring. Anything that we leave out today may become a thorn in our flesh (Ref. Num 33:55) later on when we are blessed abundantly.

4. Make the Right Choice (Jos 6:17(b)) :
Rahab made the right choice. She made the choice of clinging to the RIGHT SIDE. Sh

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