COMBINED ARMIES
Today's reading: Joshua 6-10
"Now all the kings west of the Jordan heard about what had happened. )These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far north a the Lebanon mountains.) These kings quickly combined their armies to fight against Joshua and the Israelites." Joshua 9:1-2 NLT
When God's people were simply known as runaway slaves, they were not a force to be considered.
When the Israelites wandered back and forth, here and there for forty years, they weren't considered anyone to worry about.
When the Hebrew children picked up their camp and moved from Egypt to the edge of the Jordan River, no one really worried about them.
But when Jericho fell?
When the 2 million of them gathered, marched, shouted and knocked the walls of the most fortified city in the world at that time, the enemies took notice!
Maybe that's what is going on in your life, too.
Maybe this new year you are determining to draw closer to the Lord...
Maybe you're head strong in your decision to be in your Bible every single day...
Maybe you are giving up some bad habits and taking up some new godly disciplines...
Know your enemy had taken notice.
Understand this: he doesn't like it, won't tolerate it and will fight against it with all he has in him...even calling together others of his demons to set traps, cause distractions and throw up obstacles in your path to be more God like.
Your enemy is fine until you get stirred up for the Lord.
