Marching in Circles

 Have you ever felt like you were spinning your wheels? Repeating the same routine and getting the same disappointing results? Maybe it is even something you felt very sure God called you to do. You obeyed and keep waiting for the pay off at the end. 

I wonder if Joshua and Israel felt that way when they circled Jericho for six straight days blowing their horns without any visible sign of change. It can be like for us too. We pray. We trust. We obey. Sometimes we do not see any change. It is easy to interpret our circumstances by what we see or do not see. 

Six days in a row they marched around the two mile circumference of Jericho. Not saying a word. Toting the ark of the covenant. Priests blowing their horns. At the end of each march they returned to camp. I wonder what conversations ensued from those who remained in the camp. What questions might have been asked? Did you see any sign of God working? Did you see any cracks in the walls? Did you feel the earth quaking while you walked? Did you notice any change at all? 

I wonder if those priests looked foolish marching around the walls day after day after day. Maybe so. Maybe not. Sometimes we have to risk looking like a fool in order to see the supernatural work of God. On some days it may feel like we will never see God breakthrough. 

But on the seventh day. On the seventh day did they wake up excited eagerly anticipating what God said He would do? They marched around the wall once, twice, four, five, six, and then seven times. They shouted and the walls fell. 

What if they had give up on day five or six and not kept marching? I think those walls would have kept standing. God wants us to walk by faith and not by sight. It may feel like you are marching in circles getting nowhere. Trust Him. Obey Him. Wait for Him. He will come through in due season if we do not lose heart.