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"By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days." Last week we watched Israel walk out of Egypt and through the Red Sea on dry ground. Their faith wasn't perfect, and soon they were grumbling and complaining. Today we fast forward 40 years to Moses' successor, Joshua, and a new generation standing at the edge of the Promised Land.

The first city in their way was Jericho, tightly shut and fortified. God's battle plan had no siege, no sneak attack, and no storming the gates. Instead He said: march around the city once a day for six days, then seven times on the seventh day, blow the trumpets, shout, and the walls will fall (Joshua 6:1–5). Joshua could have worried that his leaders would think he'd lost it. Instead he obeyed the odd command, and the people followed (Joshua 6:6–10). Sometimes faith means doing it God's way even when it doesn't make sense to us.

Action steps

• Name your Jericho: what wall is standing between you and what God has promised?
• Ask God for His strategy, and write down what He tells you, even if it sounds strange.
• Obey the odd command this week. Take the step God showed you, even if you can't see how it works.
• Keep marching: don't quit on day six. Stay faithful when nothing seems to be changing yet.
• Lead by obeying first. Like Joshua, your obedience gives the people around you courage to follow.

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