The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Joshua 10:12-14,
"On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: 'Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.' So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!"
Joshua's long day prevented the Amorites from regrouping as they were being pursued and destroyed by Israel. "There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being."
"On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: 'Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.' So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!"
Joshua's long day prevented the Amorites from regrouping as they were being pursued and destroyed by Israel. "There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being."
That was not the only miracle the Lord performed on behalf of the Israelites that long day. We are told the Lord threw the Amorites into confusion and he rained down large hailstones on them as well. We are told more Amorites were killed by the hailstones than were by the swords of the Israelites.
I love reading about the miracles of God. I am always reminded that he who established the laws of physics, the Creator who designed the creation we live in, is certainly very capable of overriding those laws and clearly free to do so. Just don't ask me how he does it - but I do know he does.
As I think about Joshua's long day, I am also reminded of the miracle that the sun itself exists, that it shines on us in a pattern that points to earth's rotation. Just because we may know how what we might consider "the routine" operates, does not make it any less of a miracle that it exists.
To me, just being here where I am writing this is a miracle in itself! It is a miracle we exist at all!
Yes, I recognize the miracles of God! I love and celebrate them! How about you?
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