How To Become Victorious In My Christian Life?

All people should know that God's original plan for men was good and full of life but when Satan entered the world and tempted the first couple and fall to his very alluring scheme, they disobeyed the command of God and chose to obey Satan and this resulted then to a worldwide chaotic life that leads to death both physical and spiritual or the eternal separation of man from the presence of God Genesis 3.  The main purpose of Satan is to steal, to kill and to destroy but Jesus came to give man life and to have this more abundantly John 10:10.

In Joshua 7:1-26, God showed to Joshua why the city of Ai with only 12,000 population which is smaller than the populous and big city of Jericho which is fortified by a very thick and high stone fence, had defeated the mighty army of Israel in the battle.  As a great and well experienced leader of mighty warriors, Joshua and his men planned the attack by sending first their best men to spy the strength of Ai.  The spies came and reported to Joshua that they need only 10 percent or 3,000 warriors to attack the city and not all the 30,000 great men of Israel.  So Joshua sent the 3,000 soldiers to Ai and sad to say, 36 men of Israel were killed by the warriors of Ai.  Joshua and his people were almost melted their hearts because of that event verses 2-5.

Joshua and the elders of Israel tore their clothes and put ashes on their heads facing the ark of the covenant to show their sadness on their defeat.   He asked God why they experienced defeat in the hands of the heathen nation and what will other nations will say of them and their God.  He was thinking that their enemies will ridicule them and their God and will put them into disgrace that Israel and their God are weak and therefore, they can be destroyed easily verses 6-9.

But the Lord said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing down on your face?  Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep" verses 10-11.  God showed Joshua that you and your warriors are great but one of your warriors' disobedience is the reason why you were defeated.  Your man has sinned!  Identify then who is that man by bringing the attention of all the tribes of Israel.  Achan  son of Carmi from the tribe of Judah was found guilty and he admitted his sin in verses 20-21.  God told Joshua that "You can not stand against your enemies until you remove it".  Sin is the reason of the defeat of Israel in the battle against Ai and you have to remove it.

Israelite consecrated themselves before the judgment day of God to Achan and his whole family.   "Joshua said, why have you brought this trouble to us?  The Lord will bring trouble on you today."  Achan's admission of sin didn't escape him and his whole family from the penalty of death which is stoning them all until their death.  God's holiness can be satisfied only by the blood of a person or people who committed sin.

After this judgment on Achan and his whole family including the confiscation of all their assets, then God gave Joshua his promise to win the battle against Ai.  God gave him wisdom and more strength to conquer the city and this was realized and Israel won the battle and other nations knew the greatness of the God of Israel and all of them were amazed and became so afraid of Israel and her God Chapter 8:1-29.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, always put in our minds that our God is holy, it means, he is blameless, upright, and clean I Peter 1:16.   From the life of Israel under the leadership of Joshua, this gives us guidelines how to win the daily battle, issues, struggles in life and these are the following:  First, obey the commands or the words of God  Joshua 1:8; John 15:7-8; Second, hold on continuously to his word and the truth will set you free from all cares, worries, and issues in life John 8:31-32;  Third, follow the example of Job.  He made to overcome all extreme hardships in life cause he learned to prepare himself for the coming of trials by living a blameless life, upright life, he was a God-fearing servant, and he learned to shun evil.  Lastly, learn from the life of Joseph.  He learned to become thankful to God in all situations in life, he learned to give his best in all things that he does, he learned to say no to temptation, and knew how to forgive and be humble that's why God was so pleased in his life and God promoted him to the position in the kingdom of Egypt next to the Pharaoh Genesis 37-50.

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