Title: Lessons from Failure/Joshua 7:1~9
Content Lessons from Failure/Joshua 7:1~9
Key Verse: “Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the ground before the ark of the LORD with the elders of Israel, and with the dust on their heads remained until evening” (Joshua 7:6).
Today's text is very sad. Israel, who crossed the Jordan River, was victorious and victorious, but was completely defeated in the battle of Ai, and the number of casualties was 36. Moreover, the morale of the people was lowered and their hearts became like water.
Why did you lose the Battle of Ai Castle? No information about the enemy? Was it the weather? No. It was because of a cloak that Achan stole, two hundred shekels of silver, and a nugget of gold. The Israelites took Achan and his belongings to the Valley of Acol, and stoned them and burned them. It tells you a great secret.
In the city of history, Jerusalem, there is a unique memorial that holds the most tragic history of this century. It is the 'Jewish Genocide Memorial'. It commemorates the death of 6 million Jews who were brutally slaughtered at the hands of Nazi Germany. It is a monument that hopes that the history of the city will not be repeated, and it is a place that permanently preserves the names of the innocent victims. All the walls and exhibition halls are painted black, showing the history of darkness and suffering.
There is a room written '1941', which symbolizes the year the Nazis drove Jews into gas chambers. It is said that the chimneys of the crematorium where the bodies were burned continued to spewing black smoke for four years. There is a place called '. The names of 22 concentration camps where Jews were sacrificed are written. Auschwitz Buchenwald Treblenka… .There is an engraved inscription at the exit of this memorial: “Forgetting brings ruin, but memory is the secret to salvation.”
In today's text, Joshua tore his clothes and, together with the elders of Israel, fell on his face in front of the ark of God all day long, crying and pleading. When a crisis comes, the attitude of waiting for God's will and hand is today, compared to our struggles looking for only a method to solve it. Church leaders in the world must learn.
As Christians, we must keep God's commands, ordinances, and laws. We must maintain a holiness that is fundamentally different from the Gentiles and have the image of disciples of Christ. You have to find your way.
Prayer: Lord, when we Christians have failed or made mistakes, give us wisdom and keep us awake so we don't repeat ourselves again. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Lord's Prayer