You get up, you put on the armor of God, you clock in, clock out, come home, and the walls against you are still towering above you. How much longer can this persist? For longer than seems reasonable or of sound-thinking. This is when you need to remember God's faithfulness and Elevation Worship's song "Do It Again" does just that.
Let's join the men armed for battle following a peculiar battle plan and see what new things might jump out at us in Joshua chapter 6.
On this episode I discuss:
- Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
- Listen to epic music while reading the epic stories of the Bible
- Slow down
- Explore maps and art - BibleHub.com on the left
- Picture the scene and fill in the blanks
- Decide right now to be biblically literate- 2 Timothy 2:15
- Exegesis vs. Eisegesis - Got Questions Article
- God's battle plan for taking Jericho - Joshua 6:1-5
- Current archaeology reveals important truths about Jericho - Answers in Genesis Article
- Be a good soldier and advance - Joshua 6:6-11
- You've seen God move...He's proved Himself...why would you choose anything other than obedience?
- Victory God's way - Joshua 6:20
Additional Resources
This Week's Challenge
Read Joshua chapter 6. I encourage you to read chapters 1 through 6 to get the full context of what was happening in this scene. Remember, every soldier who marched around the city of Jericho also experienced everything in chapters 1 through 6 leading up to Jericho. A Bible Interaction Tool Exercise that may just be a game changer for you is to listen to epic soundtracks while reading this epic story.
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