Thursday, January 17
Read Joshua 6
Think About It:
- Why do you think God asked the children of Israel to carry the Ark of the Covenant around Jericho with them?
Family Time:
- Joshua trusts God’s plan and the Israelites walk around the city once every day for six days. Can you imagine what the people of Jericho must have thought of them? They might have even made fun of them. After all what can a bunch of people do just walking around in circles?
- Here’s how they might have felt… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXM2o_Hb9Ls&feature=youtu.be
- Just like God had said, on the seventh day when the people finished marching around the city and the priests blew their trumpets, the people shouted, and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down. The people trusted God and God came through for them.
- In fact, God left a secret code in the story to remind us that He can be trusted. There is a reminder throughout the story that this was all God’s idea. See if you can spot it as you read these verses…
The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the army, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city! Joshua 6:13,15-16
- Do you see how many times the number 7 is used? The number 7 in the Bible is used to remind us of perfection and the presence of God.
- Throughout this story, we are reminded over and over again that God can be trusted and He does exactly what He says He will do.
