Josh 7:10-11
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up;
wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned…..
There was a defeat for the armies of
Israel and Joshua was crying out to the Lord.
Perhaps Joshua thought the Lord had let them down. Joshua had received the promise that if he
meditated on the Word of God he would have good success. Why would this happen? The Lord tells Joshua that it is because of
Israel’s sin that they were defeated.
Sometimes there is defeat in our lives and we cry out to God because we
think it is our fault or maybe we feel the Lord is letting us down. The Lord answers Joshua and tells him to get
off the ground and quit feeling sorry for himself. The defeat was related to someone else’s
sin. A defeat that affects us may, in
fact, be due to someone else’s sin. Let
us be cautious to jump to conclusions about the cause of defeat and be willing
to go through hard times because of someone else’s sin. Our God will speak to us and help us avoid
the victim mentality and help us get up and seek Him for what to do next.
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