Joshua 6:11
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, "Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout."
STAY FOCUSED
In the wilderness journey, the people of Israel crumbled and murmured about all the hard time they were having. I can hear the sound of the little children, "are we there yet?" Their focus was on their conditions and troubles, so that is all they could talk about. Out of their mouth came negative talk which stirred up the people to think that the promises of GOD were of no effect. They lost their focus on GOD.
Joshua remembered this time, so he cautioned the people not to say a word; stay focused on the plan of the LORD and the path that He had chosen. After the walk around Jericho on the first through the sixth day, the band of men of war would return to Gilgal where the stones of remembrance were. They would see the stones and remember GOD IS FAITHFUL.They would look out at the swollen Jordan River and remember how the LORD heaped up the Jordan so that they could cross into the promised land. They remembered the stones in the middle of the Jordan, which said to them, HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
All day and all night they were reminded that GOD IS FAITHFUL and HAVE FAITH IN GOD. By morning they were ready to put their foot on the path of the LORD and walk around Jericho. They murmured not, neither did they complain; not a word of negativity passed from their lips as GOD had commanded through Joshua.
We can learn from this that GOD has a plan for each of us. His plan is to prosper each of us and not to harm us. We only need to STAY FOCUSED ON JESUS and the whole promise will be fulfilled.
When we are tempted to murmur or complain, do as a 5 year old told his grandfather, "ZIP IT; LOCK IT AND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET."
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