Look what the Lord has done ! :)

"And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.” "

Joshua 10 : 8 (New King James Version)


A lil background regarding the context of this verse.... The inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel after Joshua had taken Ai,Jericho and had destroyed it . Gibeon itself was like a royal city ...Now the King of Jerusalem conspired with the other Kings of the Amorites to attack Gibeon. Then the Kings and all their armies camped before Gibeon and made war against it.The men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua who was at his camp in Gilgal saying "Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us"

So now Joshua and all the people of war and all the mighty men of valor ascended from Gilgal and were on their way to Gibeon.And the Lord said to Joshua "Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you"

Lets break this down...

->Do not fear them
->For I have delivered them into your hand
->Not a man of them shall stand before you

Do not fear them : Ever been in a situation where it seems that everyone is ganging up on you ? Ever been in a situation that where people whom you have led to the Lord have found themselves in certain problems that seem bigger than before ? The Lord says "DO NOT FEAR" ! As long as we walk in His way , everything is for His glory ! Everything !

For I have delivered them into your hand : The Lord has already given us victory over our enemies ! And you know what ? He takes care of it all. We just need to do our part. As we continue reading Joshua 10, we see in verses 9-10 that the Lord routed them before Israel.... In otherwords he brought about confusion in the armies of the Kings of the Amorites... Wow ! Isnt that awesome ! The armies of five kings against Joshua and his men...And look at how wonderfully the Lord worked ! Its amazing ! We read in Isaiah 28: 21 "For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon— That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act"

Not a man of them shall stand before you : As we continue reading Joshua 10, we see in verse 11 that the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them. Here is the best part ... The number of men that were killed by the hailstones were much more than those that the Israelites (Joshua and his men) had killed with the sword ! To God alone be all the glory , the honor and the praise !

I pray that each of us grow stronger and stronger in the Lord and may He reign in our lives.

God Bless