by Mary Estelle

Created on: February 28, 2009   Last Updated: March 01, 2009

THE SHOUT HEARD ROUND THE CITY

Hello, boys and girls. Today we are going on a very special mission. We are going with a man by the name of Joshua. Now Joshua is a man that obeys God and lives his life the way God wants him to do.

Joshua was standing in front of the town of Jericho one day and there was a man standing there with all his armor. Joshua asked him if he was a friend or an enemy. The man told him that he was neither. He was a commander in the Lord's army and that he had come. Joshua knew at that moment that this man was a very special man if he was a commander of the Lord's army. He would need to show his respect to him. Joshua immediately bowed down on his knees in front of this man and listened to what he had to say. The commander told Joshua to take his sandals off because he was standing on holy ground. You're right, Joshua immediately removed his sandals. I don't know about you boys and girls, if I saw a big man standing there with all his armor on and sword I would do what he said to do. I would be doing it out of fear, but Joshua was doing it because of who the man was, a commander of the Lord's army. You see boys and girls, God speaks to us through many different ways and we have to be listening for his guidance at all times.

God spoke to Joshua and told him that he had a mission for him. God told Joshua that he had given the city of Jericho to him. He also told Joshua that he had to take the city just as he told him to do so. This is where this mission gets very interesting. Joshua was not going into the city with his army to fight a battle, he was just simply going to march around the city and not even make any noise. Makes you wonder just how this is going to do anything, doesn't it? Let's see just how Joshua is going to do this and what God has instructed him to do.

God has instructed Joshua to march around the city once a day for six days with seven priests carrying trumpets and they were to march in front of the men carrying the ark. This is a very large, beautiful chest that carried the Ten Commandments that God had given Moses. All the people were to follow the ark and march quietly around the city once. Joshua has given the order for this to be done and the people are lining up just as he instructed. Joshua has instructed that some of the army march in front of us and behind us. Let's get in line and march with them. Are all of you here? This is going to be very exciting, don't you think? What if these people see us, and begin to throw

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