It’s taken me months to begin writing this entry. I’ve written and rewritten paragraph after paragraph. Up until now I’ve focused on my life and the train wreck that hit me. Now I love every amazing day and all of the bad stuff just seems far away.
Well..the bad stuff in my personal life is far away, but it’s epidemic in our society. There’s a sickness that has infected us all, pitting leader against the people, pastor against parishioners, child against parents, brother against brother and Americans against our sweet America. As Biblical prophecy unfolds before our eyes, my heart cries out for others to lift their voices with mine.
These roads we’re traveling are treacherous, at best. We’re walking in a darkness I never thought I would see. I guess it was naive to think I would live and die peacefully without actually seeing the end of time. I know Revelation is real and true, but I always thought it was pretty much for generations after me. Now I see our history erased, our world imploding, our government sucking the life out of the people who believed and trusted them, our citizens dying by the thousands in very unnatural disasters and the worst is far from over.
In my bible study over the last few weeks, Joshua and the battle of Jericho has repeatedly come up. That’s generally a sign that God’s trying to tell me something. So I read it again.. it’s been years. But this time I really read it. I studied it. And it hit differently.
The walls of Jericho were considered militarily impossible to breach. The sheer size stopped many armies from even attempting. Kind of like our government and the confused society it created. One huge wall of corruption and division that nobody knows how to defeat. They drink destruction, dance on the dying and assume their sins are untouchable. They laugh at devastation because it will make them more money. So very confident in their arrogance.. they are our Jericho.
So where does that leave us? Those of us who still believe in the Bible, the Constitution and the America we once knew. Well, my friend, it leaves us with a wall to overcome. It leaves us facing Jericho.
But how? How do we begin? The answer is simple. Not easy, but simplicity itself. Joshua couldn’t have brought down the walls of Jericho if there was division in his camp. They all had to be of one mind, one heart, one faith. If some of the priests had marched in one direction and blew their horns as God instructed but others marched somewhere else and didn’t bother to blow their horns, what would have happened? If there was division in their camp, would the walls have fallen? No. “Strength in numbers” isn’t just a saying. There’s nothing more powerful, there’s no army that can match a unified people. And our duly elected leaders, the Jericho that we face.. they know this.
So this is my new road less traveled. I’ve never really intended to be a political activist. I think I’m more of a wordy American with a deep faith, a big broken heart, a loss of belief in our government and a teeny bit of an attitude. But I’m lifting my voice to call others in my camp. I’m lifting my voice to beg my brothers for unity. I’m lifting my voice because I know that together, we can bring down the walls of Jericho. Let the first step begin with me. I’ll meet you there.
“New Roads Less Traveled” cliff notes * society is sick, Jesus is the cure * our government is Jericho, we the people are Joshua * the bigger the wall, the bigger the victory * strength in numbers is a thing.. and also there are more of us than there are of them * I don’t have a horn but my voice will be heard * God doesn’t give us the spirit of fear * I’ll meet you at Jericho * we’ll bring down that wall *
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