Day 63 | Joshua 8–9 — Courageous and Careful: The Ambush at Ai and the Deception of Gibeon | Bible in a Year

Losing has a way of making you small enough for God to use. Ai already beat Israel once, and the humility that follows becomes the very thing that wins the rematch. But courage was never the whole command — Joshua's men were also told to be careful, and by chapter 9 that carefulness gets aimed at the wrong target. Gibeon's rags fool Israel not because Israel wasn't thorough, but because no one thought to ask God.Here we consider humility, obedience, strategy, and the difference between being careful and being faithful.