“Will You Go To Jericho?”
Joshua 2:1-3
By: Pastor
February 17, 2019 – SN
Joshua never doubted that God would deliver His people into the Promised Land.
There will be battles along the way to live a victorious Christian life.
If you ever reach the Promised Land, you have to go to Jericho first. You have to battle the walled cities.
Jericho was a stronghold in the land, it was a city bigger than the children of Israel, but not bigger than God.
You battle what you can, and then you let God battle what you cannot.
Will you be a leader to lead someone into the Promised Land?
God used 2 men’s testimonies to carry Israel to cross over into the Promised Land.
- They were faithful men
Joshua knew they would tell the truth.
Joshua knew they would come back with the same outlook that he had 40 years earlier.
The younger generation of today is hindered because of the older generation not leading them.
These two men did their job.
- They were fearless men.
They had never trod on that land before, but they trust God to protect them and to lead them.
They were going into a land where they knew giants lived.
Nothing moved them because they had a desire to live in the Promised Land.
- They are fading men.
There are not as many as there used to be, men that were faithful and fearless.
Not many people today are willing to step out and do something, and step up to the plate.
God needs some young people to be fearless and that wants to serve God.
The walls are still falling and God is still working today, you just have to step out and trust Him.
You have to quit looking at the walls and start looking at God.
- They were followed men
They became leaders, and others were willing to follow them because of their example and testimony.
Let others see something in your life that they desire to have.
Joshua 4:22
Their testimony caused all of Israel to desire to cross over the Jordan River.
Does your testimony cause others to want to live victorious?
- They were finishing men.
What they started, they finished.
They could be counted on to get the job done.
Do you finish what you start, and can you be counted on to get it done?
Be someone that finishes.
The wilderness is OK; just don’t get hung up there.
Will you go first?