The Story - Chapter 7 - Joshua 10

God is an Awesome God!
There are so many things in this world that break our hearts, many situations that seem unfair and bring us to our knees. That is just where we should be, if we are seeking to be served by our mighty God. 

We must bow…unlike the “stiff necked” people we have been reading about. And, we must remember to pray BIG. We serve a great big God and He can do things for us we can’t even dream about.

Joshua 10:12-13 (NIV)

On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon." So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day."

I can’t even begin to imagine what it must feel like to have God stop the sun from setting, just for me. I can’t fathom God loving me so much He would change the course of nature for 24 hours so that I could fight my battles without worrying my enemy would have a chance to regroup. Every battle we engage in, every enemy we face down, can be accomplished when we call on God to fight for us. What an awesome God we have on our side!  

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Joshua 10

I just finished reading Chapter 10 of Joshua and I am reminded of Psalm 27.  The entire Psalm, but especially verse 1, "The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?"


If God is for me, who can be against?  These are words to live by, to cling to when things get rough.  Joshua experienced God's favor as he and his army conquered the nations of the five kings who formed an alliance against Gibeon.  God went so far as to make time stand still and thereby provided for additional daylight hours to accomplish this victory.


"On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:
“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
 So the sun stood still,
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,
as it is written in the Book of Jashar."(Joshua 10:12-13)

God had been working miracles in Joshua's life.  Are there any miracles in your life?  Many do not believe that miracles are still happening, but I am not one of them.  I have seen God change hearts and heal bodies. I have been blessed to feel God moving in my life, opening doors and sometimes closing them.

I can only imagine how Joshua felt when the nations they were warring with began to fall.  The presence of God must had taken his breath away.  Is there a situation or season you faced when God took your breath away?  Be sure to write it in your journal because someday you will want to remember everything about that adventure.


Read Joshua 10 here

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