Excerpt taken from GPAN on November 11, 2024
Sister Jeannie…
Joshua 6:20 refers to the walls of Jericho. “When the people heard the sound of Ram’s horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords. Men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.”
What if they didn’t go in….
We’ve had a suddenly. We’ve been praying, we’ve been walking around the walls, and we’ve had a suddenly. But imagine if this passage ended at “When the people heard the sounds of the Ram’s horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly the walls of Jericho collapsed.” What if it would’ve ended there? The walls of Jericho collapsed. But they didn’t go in and take it all and destroy every aspect of the enemy.
We have been praying diligently, seeking His face, and we’ve had a suddenly. And with that suddenly, we go in and we destroy everything that represents the enemy. Even with Jericho. You know too often the church refers to Jericho in terms of the walls collapsing. However, they went in after that to destroy every aspect of the enemy.
The wall is down — now the work begins…
So really with this suddenly, the wall has come down and now the work begins. The kind of work that’s tangible. We’ve been praying and looking to God and declaring His Word and believing what He said, and now we see the tangible suddenly. And now we go in. You know it’s not finished, because now we go in.
And we go in with confidence. Even all the rumors, all of the things the enemy is still attempting to do right now, to thwart this suddenly… No! Excuse me! No, no, no, no, no. We are going in now. Every stone unturned, every stone crushed, every evil plot completely unfolded and dealt with.
How many times have we heard and are now convinced that the vengeance of the Lord that comforts those who mourn is upon every plot of the enemy. Have we seen things turn globally already? Yeah. We complete these turns now. Okay, walking around the wall, praying, staying diligent, silent when it looks like nothing is happening. Nothing... And boom! Suddenly! And then we stand there? No, no. We climb over the rubble(lies of the enemy), and we go in.
And what do we do?
The walls of Jericho collapsed and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it. So we will not allow anything, absolutely nothing of the enemy to succeed. In fact, we declare the year of His favor…
We declare the year of His favor…
Isn’t this amazing? Let’s complete the whole sentence in Isaiah. We declare the year of His favor and the day of His vengeance that comforts those who mourn.