Date: Saturday, 3rd August, 2024
Text: Joshua 10: 12-14
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In the heat of the battle against five Amorite kings, Joshua gave an uncommon spiritual instruction to the Sun and the Moon and they obeyed. The word of God said, “Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.” So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the people had revenge upon their enemies.” Joshua 10: 12-13
The sun stood still and the moon did not move until the nation had conquered its enemies. The sun stood still in the middle of the sky and did not go down for a whole day. Never before, and never since, has there been a day like it, when the Lord obeyed a human being. The Lord fought on Israel’s side!
There is nothing too difficult for the Lord.
Several years ago, while I was posted to the Northern part of Nigeria to do the compulsory National Youth Service, we were in an evening prayer service and the pastor asked us to pray to God to send rain because the weather was so hot in those days; as the rain had not fallen for quite a long while.
We prayed passionately and after our corporate prayer we observed that the clouds started to gather and the weather began to change; it was not long after we all departed to our homes that the rain began pouring down and everybody was refreshed.
Recently, we had a 3-Day annual anniversary program in our church during which time rain fell heavily almost everyday and it became quite disturbing. But during the preparatory fasting and prayers we cried to God to give us a fair weather during those days. God honoured our request as the heavy daily outpouring ceased temporarily until our anniversary program ended before it continued.
If you can rouse your faith and use the weapons identified in yesterday’s episode, you will be in control of your situations and circumstances- only make sure you live your life according to God’s word and will.
Reflective Nugget: It is up to you to program your situations and circumstances the way you desire; only make sure you do so within the ambit of God’s word and will.