Today's Reading: Joshua 10

 

The LORD Fought for Israel

Here in Joshua 10, an astounding astronomical miracle really took place, by which the motion of the heavenly bodies was, for several hours, suspended by God’s omnipotent power.  This particular miracle – like many in the Bible – cannot be explained by human reasoning or science.  Nor can it be explained away by those who resist God’s truth.

We cannot explain the physics or the mechanics by which God performed this...

particular miracle.  All we know is that a very unusual event took place, and whenever you get to miraculous events in the Bible, that's all it takes to trigger some people. Especially those who do not believe in God or those who think of God in terms of a man, and limited as a man. The miracles always create doubts and problems in the minds of people, and of course they then begin to exaggerate the problems that they see. But if you have a right concept of God, you don't need any proof or any explanation; you can just believe it because God's Word declared it.

The Biblical explanation for this miracle is found at the end of verse 14, “for the LORD fought for Israel.”  It’s that simple.  Joshua prayed, and God supernaturally provided the sunlight necessary for Joshua’s army to win its battle.  Keep in mind that neither Joshua nor anyone else for that matter had ever prayed this prayer before as far as we know.  So, why did he pray it that day?  Why not retreat for the night and finish up the battle in the morning?  Joshua prayed that prayer that day because God was up to something and He put this prayer on Joshua's heart.  The LORD wanted to show His mighty force on behalf of Israel.  That prayer was divinely inspired for that specific moment in time by God.

Never before.  Never again.  This miracle was Divinely engineered for this particular moment in time.  Which leads us to say, never limit God by what you have seen in the past.  There may be a battle you are facing in your life which seems to have no way out and no path to victory.  But don’t underestimate your all-powerful God.  He can do things you’ve never heard of before and do them at just the right time to give you victory.

So, if God inspires you to pray for a “sun stand still” type of miracle, don’t draw back in unbelief.  Pray in faith and watch the LORD fight for you with an astounding miracle.