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Hear The Word And Heed The Word · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  Hear the Word and Heed the Word.
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  Today as we continue our journey through the scriptures, gleaning valuable lessons
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  from the falling of the walls in Jericho, as recorded in Joshua 6,
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  1-27, we are focusing on the vital importance of hearing and heeding God's instructions.
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  Holiness and spiritual maturity and leadership start with hearing God,
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  and then faithfully declaring his word.
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  As children of God, we must never forget that you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
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  an holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should show forth the praises of
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  him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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  1 Peter 2.9 Joshua immediately communicated the Lord's instructions to the priests and the people.
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  He didn't hesitate, modify, or try to figure things out. He spoke plainly and
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  clearly what God had told him.
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  Joshua obeyed God's command. Throughout this entire adventure,
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  God's presence and the covenant he had made with his people remained at the center of,
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  This was represented by the ark and the attention they paid to it.
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  Israel's confidence for victory wasn't in their marching formation,
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  but in the Lord that went before them.
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  Everyone was obeying God together. They were all doing their part to carry out God's command.
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  The priests were carrying the trumpets. The armed men went before the ark and the others followed.
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  There is a valuable lesson in how the Israelites went about carrying out God's command.
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  They did it in its entirety in unity.
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  God's work is always advanced when his people are united in submission to his word.
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  The importance of the unity is seen in the different roles, but it is also seen
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  in God's instruction for them to remain silent.
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  And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout,
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  nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
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  mouth until the day I bid you shout. Then shall you shout.
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  Joshua 6.10 For most of us, this would have been the most difficult part of the whole assignment.
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  Only one person would have had to disobey this command, to throw the whole plan into disarray.
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  There was a time to be silent and a time to shout. Israel had to control its
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  voice until God appointed the right moment for them to speak.
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  Oftentimes, we speak before we think. We speak when we shouldn't,
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  and we speak things we shouldn't.
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  These Israelites didn't fall into this easy snare.
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  They understood the importance of obedience as well as practiced our command
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  to be still and know that He is God, Psalm 46.10.
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  This practice of silence by the Israelites demonstrated extreme discipline.
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  They didn't argue with the command. They didn't push back in fear or frustration.
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  Their silence showed complete obedience and that they were waiting on God's appointed time.
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  Can this be said about you? Are you disciplined enough to wait on God?
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  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
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  They shall mount up with wings as eagles.
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  They shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40, 31.
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  God's timing is a vital part of God's plan. Premature action,
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  acting before God is leading, shows unbelief and incomplete trust.
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  Obedience includes not only doing what God says, but also doing it when God says to do it.
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  Partial obedience is full disobedience.
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