When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in."  Joshua 6:5
 
Are you fighting a battle you’re afraid you won’t win? You won’t, if you’re depending on yourself. Today God is saying to you: ‘Do not be afraid. For the battle is not yours, but God’s’ (2 Chronicles 20:15). And God’s never lost one yet! Listen to what God told Joshua: ‘I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men’ (Joshua 6:2). Note, God didn’t say, ‘I will deliver’ or ‘I might deliver’. No, He said, ‘I have delivered Jericho into your hands!’ Israel already had the victory, now they were being called to act on it and take possession. But the question remained, how? Joshua told the Israelites, ‘When you hear the trumpets, give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and [you] will go straight in’ (Joshua 6:5). Nobody in his right mind would expect a shout, no matter how loud, to bring down the walls of a city. But this was no ordinary shout - it was a shout of faith based on a guarantee God had made to them. Even though there was no evidence of victory at this point, when Israel shouted, God responded by keeping His promise. When you’re facing overwhelming odds, the last thing you feel like doing is shouting, right? But here’s why you need to do it regardless: (a) it puts your faith ‘on the record’ (b) it confuses the enemy (c) the shout of praise precedes victory (d) obedience, even when you don’t understand, always brings rewards. So shout today - for the victory is yours!