"The Jericho Principle" copyright 2008 Gary D. Laws

In the biblical account of Joshua, concerning the fall of Jericho, there is something to be learned about what I have come to refer to as, 'The Jericho Principle'. We learn that there was a plan, the plan was given by God, it was to be followed to the letter and it was to be carried out by the foot soldiers.

First, Joshua was a general with much military experience. Left to his own resources, he might have developed a plan and strategy which might have been successful. Yet, God determined to give Joshua a specific plan of His making.

Second, God had required that the plan be carried out just as He had given it. The plan was specific and God's instruction to Joshua was clear. March around the city on each of six days and the seventh day Joshua and his contingent would march around the city seven times with Priest blowing the Ram's horns. When Joshua's soldiers heard the Ram's horns they would give a great shout and the walls would fall.

Third, it has not escaped me that it was the soldiers who were to carry the plan out under Josua's leadership.

When the plan had been carried out, the walls of Jericho would fall and their's would be the victory!

So it is today as we strive to serve God. God will give His people a plan and expect them to carry it out. Many times this plan may come through their leaders, but it would be the soldiers who would make good on it. Given this, the victory will be won.

Have you discovered God's plan for you? Seek Him out! He will give it and you will win the victory if you carry it out. Joshua could have marched by himself but I suspect the victory could not have been won had his followers not followed Joshua's instructions as given by God.

Discover His will, vow to carry it out, enlist others in the effort and the victory will be yours.!

God Bless you!               condensed, edited and modified from "That God May Use Me" by Gary Laws