"So these five Amorite kings combined their armies for a united attack. They moved all their troops into place and attacked Gibeon." 10:5
Word was getting around about the victories Joshua was receiving through the Lord. These kings thought they could attack and conquer man. But they weren't fighting against man, they were fighting against the Lords army!
"So Joshua and his entire army, including his best warriors, left Gilgal and set out for Gibeon. 'Don't give them a second thought, I've put them under your thumb - not one of them will stand up to you.'" 10:7
Before the kings and their army even got in range of Joshua, God was already encouraging him that the victory was there. What they couldn't see in the earthly world, God was ahead of them in the spirit fighting.
"The day God gave the Amorites up to Israel, Joshua spoke to God with all of Israel listening":
Stop sun....Halt moon
and the sun stopped.....the moon stood still
until he defeated his enemies.
Joshua asked boldly for something impossible. He had never seen something like this happen before. But he knew it would help them gain their victory, so he asked with confidence that God would work a miracle. And He did. We have to pray big - believing that what we have never seen the Lord do, can be done. And Joshua spoke this out for all of Israel to hear. If he kept this prayer to himself, then Israel would not have heard it, and then they would not have seen God make it happen! Ask God for the impossible, then speak it out so others can see the miracle unfold with you.
"Joshua took the whole country: hills, desert, foothills, and mountain slopes, including all the kings. He left no survivors. He carried out the holy curse on everything that breathed, just as God had commanded. Joshua's conquest stretched across the entire region. He took all these kings and their lands in a single campaign because God fought for Israel." 10:40-42
God promised defeat over the enemies that were attacking. And He fulfilled His promise. He always does.
We are fighting in the same battle that Joshua was in. Maybe our enemies look a little different, or come from a different place and with different battle plans, but the war is real. The leader of the army fighting against you is right now scheming a plan to attack. But, the Lord is saying, just as He did to Joshua, "Hey, I got this. Don't be afraid - I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you!"
And in the midst of a miracle, God shows out with an even bigger miracle. He literally made the sun and moon stop! 5 kings with 5 kingdoms - wiped out in 1 day. Think of all that the Lord can do in your life in 1 day. Our God is big, and He loves to do big things for us, impossible things.
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