Running with Giants, Week Two: Joshua

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. Joshua 2:1 (NIV) Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. Joshua 2:1 (NIV) Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. Joshua 6:1 (NIV) Then the Lord said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. Joshua 6:2 (NIV) The enemy will often use your PROBLEMS to block God's PROMISE. For we live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) Opposition doesn't PREVENT the presence of God in our lives; it creates the opportunity to PROVE the presence of God. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 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. 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." Joshua 6:3-5 (NIV) But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15 (NIV)