Daily Wash 4/13/09

Scripture:

Joshua 2:9 "I know the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you".

Observation:

Joshua sent men out to check out the land, especially Jericho. Jericho was a walled city that was nearly impossible to defeat. They had huge walls and armies to protect their people. The children of Israel are coming out from roaming in the wilderness for 40 years. They have no walls and no trained army, but the scripture says, "the terror of you has fallen on us, and all the inhabitants of the land are faintehearted beacuse of you". This really shows me that "if God is for us, who can be against us". Demons shutter at the mention of His name. Powers of darkness run away from that name. In this case, a stronghold is terrorized by an untrained, unequipped army. Why? Because the Lord was with them. They had heard the stories of how God intevened on their behalf.

Application:

Many times we feel so weak and feeble. We feel like we are against insurmountable problems. We feel like the enemy before us is greater than the God who is with us. When we hear the report of the enemy, we understand that they are scared of us who walk with the Lord. Rumors float around the kingdom of darkness and they feel more terrorized by us than we think. Instead of holding our heads down and letting the enemy walk all over us, we need to realize who is fighting with us and realize the enemy is scared to death of us because "greater is he who is in you than he that is in the world". The enemy of our souls is fainthearted because he knows his defeat is near and we act as if he was defeated us.

Prayer:

Lord, let us know who we are in You. You are the God who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. You opened the Red Sea! You opened the Jordan River! You slew entire armies without your people doing anything! You are amazing and Your enemies are terrified of You! May they also be terrified of Your people because they realize who they are in Christ and what authority they have in the earth. Help me Lord to realize that Your enemies tremble when I pray and that they are nothing in comparison to You.

You are AWESOME!

Jeff