Obedience, Worship & Warfare. The Path to Miraculous Victory

miracle: a divine action that transcends the ordinary course of nature. 

God’s miracles not only reveal His POWER and WHAT HE CAN DO.  God’s miracles reveal to us His CHARACTER and WHO HE IS.

In the Old Testament, God performed miracles to reveal HIS power and authority, to validate His messengers, and to bring salvation and rescue to people.

Joshua 6:2-18

Historicity and Archaeology

We turn our history into fairy tales and take away its power. History shows that God is constant AND consistent.

The historicity of God’s goodness and might are prophetic statements about His character and ability in our modern lives.

Where does fear you from walking in the fullness of God’s favor?

Recommitted to Unity & Godly Leadership

This new generation demonstrated their devotion to God by committing to the future of the community and the leadership of Joshua.

Are you ALL IN with the community and leadership God has called you to serve? How can you deepen that commitment?

Reclaiming obedience and consecration

The men who experienced the miraculous power of God chose to neglect their duty to instill and inspire faith in the next generation.

Ask yourself how have I neglected to facilitate and foster the consecration of the next generation?

They reconnected with the testimony of God’s faithfulness and imbibed the history of God’s mighty love for them.

How does the world around us know that we are different?

What are the stories you tell yourself and your friends and children about the faithfulness of God in your life?

This next generation chose to reconnect with their testimony and renew their consecration to God.

Reaffirming Allegiance – Whose side are you on?

Joshua 5:14-15 – You need to ask “Am I on God’s side?”

Romans 12:1-2 – Consecrated Worship is about relational follow-ship not moral superiority

Obedience is the highest form of worship.

John 14:15 “If you love me, obey my commandments.”

True worship and obedience are Relational and Reciprocal.

True Worship vs Worship as a Commodity

Worship centered on God or worship centered on self

Worship is not FOR us it is FOR God.

The difference isn’t our context it is our core. Worship radiates it does not consume.

God says “I AM about to hand them over to you.”

They are unified. They are set apart for God. They are doing things God’s way.

Worship isn’t about the sound it’s about what’s behind the sound.

A lifestyle of gratitude and adoration toward God, obedience to His voice, and commitment to His family that He has established places the force of Heaven behind the sound we make and the words we sing.

Worship in trial is choice empowered by obedience in the meantime.

Challenge:

Do you have a story about Illogical praise? Tell it.

How can you worship through the trials you face?

How can you build a backstory of consecration and obedience that will inform and empower your faith in future challenges?