Today's devotion comes from Joshua 6:1-5  "Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in.  And the LORD said to Joshua: 'See!  I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.  You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once.  This you shall do six days.  And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark.  But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.  It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat.  And the people shall go up every man straight before him.'"

Wherever you are today, meditate on this; Joshua was facing a huge wall and God's plan may not have seemed like the proper strategy to the children of Israel; much like it would not seem like a good suggestion to you or I.  Imagine God taking Joshua aside and telling him that all they need to do is march around the city one time for six days.  Then on the seventh day march around seven times and shout.  It made no sense!

In our lives, all of us will face our Jerichos, and sometimes God's plans won't seem to make sense.  Our part is to listen and obey—even when God's instructions don't make sense to our natural minds.  He has had a lot more experience winning battles than we have! 

Have a blessed Obedient Day!

Yours In Christ,

The Devotional Team

*derived from B. Conley Answers for each day