At that time the Lord said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites over again." So Joshua made flintstone knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth. Now this is why he did and so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the fashion later on leaving Egypt. All the people that came out had been circumcised, merely all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Arab republic of egypt had not. The Israelites had moved most in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and love. So he raised upwardly their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were all the same uncircumcised considering they had not been circumcised on the style. Joshua five:2-7

Today we land on an unusual passage. The miracle has taken place and a nation passes over the river (Joshua 4:1). Tin you imagine seeing betwixt half a million and ii million people crossing a river? What a terrifying experience for the other nations! These people seem and then strong and then powerful, and their God works wonders for them! I await the Israelites felt pretty good about the situation likewise! And then the plot twists.

God tells them that they need to return to an old practice, one that they haven't done for many years, one that has become neglected. They need to circumcise every male. This act of obedience must have taken a chunk of time and it makes all the fighting men weak! There is battle in front of them, a river cuts off their retreat. If the other nations know that the fighting men are unable to give battle, the Israelites are in terrible trouble. God's command puts them in a place of weakness. Merely the people choose obedience.

I have only led worship once. Information technology was a terrible experience. I was pastoring a team that could be dysfunctional at times. There was infighting, insecurity, moaning, and a slap-up deal of hurting. I felt God leading me to pick up the guitar and atomic number 82 them in singing "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus," an old song inviting people to do exactly what its championship describes, and I did! I was off central, I stumbled through the words and I missed chords. But God was in that location and met with his people. It was a life giving experience and one I was completely unable to create myself!

At times God seems more than interested in our weakness than our strength. This doesn't mean he didn't requite united states our strength and that information technology isn't valuable, merely information technology does mean that we must larn not to rely on ourselves. 2 Corinthians 12:9 says it similar this "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is fabricated perfect in weakness." Paul's desire is to be potent merely in this instance he is made weak and comes to see that as a good thing. Those occasional moments where we are called to a place of weakness go on us relying on God. That is a practiced place to be!

By Alex Walton

Apprentices of Jesus are marked past being WITH him, condign Similar him, and doing Equally he did. Try this Kingdom do.
WITH Practice | Meditate on 2 Corinthians 2:19.

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