My dear friends, I encourage you to read Joshua chapter 6. Maybe you’ve been feeling like the people of Israel walking in circles for days. We saw in the scripture how Joshua and the people of Israel took over the city of Jericho when they obeyed God. They marched around the city for 6 days and the 7th day, they started shouting praises! Maybe you aren’t exactly sure what’s going to happen in your circumstances. Maybe you are just doing everything you can to keep going. I’m sure some of the people doubted. I’m sure they were tempted to quit. But they didn’t. They didn’t speak against their hope; in fact, they didn’t say anything until they lifted a shout of praise!I want to remind you today that praise precedes the victory! Just like Joshua and the battle at Jericho, when you lift up a shout of praise, the walls and barricades in your life will come tumbling down. And those walls at Jericho were not small. They were so thick and strong that people lived inside the walls of the city like apartments. Maybe you feel like you are up against some tall, thick walls today. Let me tell you, those walls are no match for Almighty God! When you lift up a shout of praise, that is your battle cry! When you worship Him, He inhabits your praises; and when God shows up, every enemy must flee! No matter what your circumstances look like, don’t ever lose your shout. Don’t ever lose your testimony. Don’t let the enemy distract you from your mission. Keep pressing forward. Keep believing. Keep hoping, keep praising and keep shouting because victory is imminent for all who call upon the name of the Lord! Praise the Lord!!!
The seventh time around when the priests sounded the trumpets blasts, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the LORD has given you the city.” ~Joshua 6:16.
Praise the Lord!!!
