Wait, then Shout

 Joshua 3-6; 1 Corinthians 4 

“…’Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!’...When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.”

Joshua 6:10, 20

God’s call is often to wait before we go. Waiting in silence reveals our hearts and our motives. We learn obedience and self-control as we wait. Neither the Jericho walls nor any other walls will come down because we march or because we shout; they will only come down because God removes them.

Will we wait on the Lord?

Will we obey the Word of the Lord?

The people’s loud shout on the seventh day of a very unusual battle was a shout of agreement with God. 

When was the last time we, too, shouted in agreement with the Lord and his trumpet signal?

There is a call to the followers of the Lord to fully engage his mission to reach every city on earth.

Will we wait on the Lord for his timing even as we shout and go?

“Lord Jesus, thank you for the grace to wait and obey, my shout of agreement is with you, for your glory.”