Part One: Joshua’s Mandate Is Still Relevant Today
Joshua had been Moses’ right-hand man before his death. Upon Moses’ death, God told Joshua: “Moses my servant is dead” and Joshua was to take the people of Israel across the Jordan River. Often, we focus on Joshua fighting the battle of Jericho, but we overlook an important detail. Don’t get me wrong, the way the people fought over the seven days was powerful and faith filled. I believe we should learn to fight our battles just like that. Often, we pray about something but then we try to accomplish it on our own strength instead of waiting for God to fight our battles for us. This could be part of the reason why we are not seeing any breakthroughs in our lives. In Joshua 3:5 he said, “ Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you”. I think this is a verse that is often missed among believers today. We want God to perform miracles, but we don’t want to prepare the soil of our hearts for God to move on our behalf. We are not willing to let go of ...