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Jan 27 Devotion: God Can Flatten Your Obstacles

God Can Flatten Your Obstacles

Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

I preached this past Wednesday evening at church in regards to this event. At the beginning of the chapter Joshua receives instruction on how the people are to conquer Jericho, which had been given into their hand.

Joshua 6:2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

After given the instructions we know they are then carried out and here in our text verse we see those walls fall flat! This is the same thing that God can do in our lives! We often come up to obstacles that come in all shapes and sizes, as well as different forms. May be walls, or may be financial or physical obstacles. No matter what they are God can still conquer them. It often comes down to something simple that we should learn from here in this chapter. Obedience! The obedience of the children of Israel led them to the victory that God had already provided. We can get caught up in trying to take care of our own obstacles the way we think they need to be taken care of. Many times God can remove those obstacles if we are simply obedient to Him. The Bible tells us that obedience is what He’d rather have over other things.


1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

You want obstacles taken care of today? Try being obedient to the things of God!!

God bless you today!

Bro. Josh Richardson

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