Book: Joshua

The Israelites did a lot of walking in the Old Testament. They walked through the Red Sea, walked around the wilderness for 30 years, and when they finally walked into the Promised Land, God promised them victory over Jericho – they just had to walk around the city seven days. We like to believe that our faith is an exciting race or battle, but we often find ourselves walking in circles around unchanging parts of our lives. We must continue to walk in obedience, because even if God’s ways don’t make sense, his process and victory is guaranteed in the end.

We spend a lot of time thinking about the battle’s we’re fighting, even more time thinking about the battles we’ve lost, and almost no time thinking about the battles we’ve won. What’s the balance?

Today matters. What we do today affects tomorrow, so we should strive to make the most of every moment. However, if we’re distracted we cannot engage with what God is doing today. We need to continually surrender our “stuff” to God, otherwise we will miss out on what He wants to do in our lives today.