The Walls Will Fall

And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets,
that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city!”
And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet,
and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat.
(Joshua 6:16; 20 NKJV)

Jericho. Joshua’s stronghold was immense and well-fortified. The city was built on a tall mount of land, surrounded by an earthen embankment. It had two walls with a space in between; the outer one was six feet thick, the inner one was twelve feet thick. The walls were so broad chariots could race on top.

Our Jerichos are just as intimidating. They come in the form of sickness, despair, fear, negativity, anxiety, anger, bitterness, barrenness, addictions, and more. Jericho must fall for you to move into your promised land.

God said to Joshua, “receive the city I have taken for you,” not “go take the city.” God has already won the ground for you. The Commander of angel armies has gone ahead of you and won the victory on your behalf. Your part is to take it.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NKJV).

The definition of a stronghold is a conviction, outlook, or belief that attempts to interfere with the truth. A stronghold in terms of our Christian life is a false premise that denies God’s promise.

Every battle is first won in the spiritual realm before it manifests in the physical. Your weapons of war are praise, worship, the Word, and prayer.

The word “trumpet” means ram’s horn in the original Hebrew. The ram’s horn was blown to celebrate a victory already won. The silver trumpet was used to call the people to assemble (Numbers 10:2).

Joshua knew the walls would come down on the seventh day, but nowhere does it say he told the Israelites that. They were told to just march and keep on marching. Sometimes God does the same with us. He guarantees the wall will come down, but He doesn’t say when. And so, you walk, and walk, and walk ….

Sometimes you will experience a metaphorical six days of weary trudging around the walls, but the seventh day will come, and the walls will fall. Your Jericho will come down. Blow your ram’s horn!