Originally posted: 08/23/2019
While Jericho is shut up tight, while no one is coming in or going out, while it is barricaded and seemingly impenetrable, “The Lord said to Joshua, ‘See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors,'” (6:2).
Jericho still had to be conquered, but according to what the Lord said to Joshua, it was already accomplished.
Consider His Call to See
Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. 2 The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. 4 Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight ahead,” (6:1-5).
- His Call was to See by faith.
- The Lord said to Joshua, “See…”
- His Call was to See what He alone can do.
- “…I have given Jericho into your hand…”
- His Call was to See obedience as non-negotiable.
- “You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. 4 Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.”
- His Call was to See His promise as fulfilled.
- “It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout;and the wall of the city will fall down flat…”
- His Call was to See and take possession of His promise.
- “…and the people will go up every man straight ahead.”
How do we respond to His Call to See?
We can begin by asking Him to open our eyes to See.
Open my eyes that I may see
wondrous things from Your law, (Psalm 119:18 BSB).
Below are just a few Scriptures to strengthen us in answering His Call to See. Let us spend time in prayer, asking Him to open our eyes to See His wondrous things, that we would answer His Call!
- Let us answer His Call to See by faith
- Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth, (Colossians 3:1-2).
- Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart, (Hebrews 12:1-3).
- Let us answer His Call to See what He alone can do
- “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light,” (Matthew 11:28-30).
- Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come, (2 Corinthians 5:17).
- For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, (Romans 8:38-39).
- Let us answer His Call to See obedience as non-negotiable
- “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock,” (Matthew 7:24-25).
- “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” ….23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him,” (John 14:15, 23).
- But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves, (James 1:22).
- Let us answer His Call to See His Promise as fulfilled
- Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal, (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).
- Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is, (1 John 3:2).
- Let us answer His Call, that we would See and take possession of His promise
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, (Ephesians 1:3).
- For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins… 21 And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 22 yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach, (Colossians 1:13-14, 21-22)
- And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son,” (Revelation 21:5-7).
Oh, may we never get over the privilege He has granted to us in His Call to See. Today, and every day, let us answer His Call!
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek,” (Psalm 27:8).