March 4th

March 4th -- Joshua 10:1-15 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2010:1-15&version=NLT)

Joshua defeats the Southern armies (in NIV, The Sun Stands Still, which I think sounds cooler).

So king Adoni-zedek, of Jerusalem, hears Joshua destroyed the Ai, had taken Jericho, and had allied with the Gibeonites. The alliance made him fear for the Gibeonites were a strong nation. So Adoni sends out messages to four other kings, and the five agree to take out Gibeon.

When the Gibeonites are attacked they of course call on their allies, the Israelites. God tells Joshua, upon leaving, not to be afraid for He has given them the victory. They take the Amorite armies by surprise and kill many of them. When they tried to flee God killed many and delayed the rest with hail, so the Israelites could finish them off.

After this victory, Joshua prayed that the sun would stand still over Gibeon and the moon would stand still over the valley of Aijalon. The sun did stay their until Israel, as a nation, had defeated its enemies. The sun stayed there the whole time, as if it were one long day. God fought for Israel that day. After that, the Israelites went back to their camp at Gilgal.

I think this is just incredble. Yet another awesome example of God's incredible power. Sure, (going back to parting the Red Sea and also making the Jordan river pause for the Israelites) we can argue we have some control over water, yet we have NO control over the sun/earth. We can't stop the earth from rotating so that the days are as long as we wish. We will never reach that point, because it requires incredible power to do that. God can do it just by willing it so, not even with some sort of scientific formula or math equation, just with His incredible power. I think it's just amazing.

Well, I think that's about all I can say on it. It's incredible.

God bless! Shalom!