Have you discovered how vulnerable you are after what seems like a victory? Vulnerable to what? Vulnerable to Pride, Self-sufficiency, Self-reliance, even Rebellion against what have been your highly held values, especially Truth and Integrity? Yesterday we watched as Joshua and the Israelites walked around Jericho for a week, as God had instructed them, and the walls protecting the city collapsed. For them it was a remarkable experience. For the people living in the Land of God’s Promise, it was a great warning of the invincibility of Israel with God’s protection. But for one man named Achan, it was too great a temptation and his private, personal failure affected the entire nation of Israel!
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Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)
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