STILL AND SILENT

"Shout; then the wall...will fall down."
Joshua 6:5 NKJV

Are you fighting a battle you're afraid you won't win? Who are you depending on: God or yourself? When faced with the combined armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, God told His people Israel, "The battle is not yours, but God's" (2Ch 20:15 NIV). And God's never lost a battle yet! He told Joshua, "I have delivered Jericho into your hands" (Jos 6:2 NIV). Notice, He didn't say, "I will deliver" or "I might deliver." No, He said, "I have delivered Jericho into your hands!" Israel already had the victory, now they were being called to act on it. But the question remained, how? God's answer was "Shout." Joshua told the Israelites, "When you hear...the trumpets...give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and [you] will go...straight in" (Jos 6:5 NIV). Now no rational person would expect a shout, no matter how loud, to bring down the walls of a big city. But this was no ordinary shout; it was a shout of faith based on a promise God had made. Even though victory looked impossible, when Israel shouted God responded by bringing down the walls and opening the doors to the Promised Land.

Remember this, the devil, your enemy, wants you to be "still and silent". He knows there is power in your praise and he knows where you move (put your foot) God will give it to you! As a child of God THIS IS POWERFUL!

When you're looking for an open door and all you can see is a brick wall, the last thing you feel like doing is shouting "victory," right? But you need to do it regardless, because: (1) the shout of praise leads to victory; (2) it puts your faith "on the record;" (3) it confounds the enemy and robs him of two of his greatest weapons: doubt and discouragement; (4) obedience, even when you don't understand, always brings results. So shout-for the victory is yours!