The Shout of Faith

"...all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat..." Joshua 6:5

In this story it is not the marching around the walls of Jericho that bring them down. It is not the "shout of faith" that brings down the walls. The walls come down because of the might and power of the living God. However, if the people had not shouted with a great shout, the walls of the city would not have fallen. It is an act of obedience. It is the exercise of faith in the promise of God.

God had not said, "I will give you the city", but "I have given you the city." Faith is always built on God's Word. His promises are certain. But most of them are conditioned upon the exercise of our faith. So true is this that the writer of Hebrews recorded this incident this way, "By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days."

What promises are important to your life today? What is going on that leads you to the Word of God and calls on you to exercise faith and thus to shout in victory? God cannot lie, and He loves you with a never failing love. His promises are certain. All of the inheritance of the Christian life is ours through Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:3 says that He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus.