Hands and Feet

Scripture: Joshua 6 Key Verse: 6:20
"So the troops shouted very loudly when they heard the blast of the rams' horns, and the wall collapsed. The troops charged straight ahead and captured the city."

Objective:
This is the story of the fall of Jericho. God had promised the city to the Israelites. The Jerichoites feared the the Israelites. The Israelites were commanded to walk around the city once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh. After the seventh time the priests would blow the seven horns and the armed men would shout. This is what brought the walls of Jericho down.

Application:
I wonder what it would have ben like to see the Israelites performing this tactic. To be sitting in side the walls of Jericho and watching this enemy so cooly walking around your city, not doing anything. Then the seventh day they turn and yell. I think I would be scared out of my mind.

On the other hand you have the Israelites, who are probably wondering what God is up too as they walk in circles and not know exactly what is happening. How are walls suppose to fall just by us walking and yelling?

You see the key here is that God was at work. God had a plan, and the Israelites were letting God use them as his hands and feet. No longer do we have an enemy of flesh and blood, but we still have plenty to fight in this world; Injustice, Poverty, Homelessness, Hunger, and Racism to name a few. The Lord needs us to be his Hands and Feet in the fight for this world. He has a plan and it is in play, are we a part of it?

Prayer:
Lord, Let me be your hands and feet, go where you send me, go where you send me. These lyrics Lord are my prayer. I ask that you use me in the fight against all that is not right in this world. The church needs to rise up and fight for those that can't fight for themselves. Lord give us instructions, and courage to complete them.