In the heat of battle, Joshua whipped up unheard-before courage to command the sun to stand still.
Hold it! Hold it right.....there!
It did!
This story remains one of the great hallmarks of simple faith by a follower of God.
Where was that bold faith, though, during all those forty years of wandering around lost? Why didn't Joshua speak with clear abruption of significance a decade or two earlier?
This is the mystery for all of us walking with God through the kingdom maze that only God holds the GPS. We can't explain how nor why nor when nor where. Remember it was our Father of Faith (Abraham) that went out not knowing where he was going (Hebrews 11)?
It took forty years of going nowhere for Joshua & Co. to get anywhere.
Preacher man.....hear these words. Refrain from following the god of productivity via numbers. Watch. Believe. Wait. If it takes a forty-year-like-span while people and ministries die off, this is no sign that God isn't in shocking and stunning preparation for your---Joshua & Co's---Promised Land.
Your sun will one day stand still. Be ready to believe it.
When the sun won't stand still, we still have reason to believe it can on God's timing.
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