Going From Straitly Shut Up To Wide Open

Josh 6:1-2 (KJS) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

- Now Jericho was straitly shut up - "It was barred and bolted".

1. Sometimes it may seem that everything God has given you, or told you to do, has bars and bolts on it. It is "Straitly Shut Up".

A. Your healing.

B. Deliverance.

C. Prosperity.

D. Your Ministry (calling).

E. Prayers.

F. Prophecies.

G. Dreams.

2. God had told Joshua to cross the Jordan and posses the land (Josh 1:2).

- Every place that his feet shall touch, God would give them (Josh 1:3).

- God told him to be strong and of good courage, and that He would be with him (Josh 1:9).

- When Joshua came to Jericho, God said "See, I have given into thine hand Jericho".

3. It didn't look good for Joshua, what God said was his, looked impossible to get.

A. But victory is not based on what it looks like; it is based on what God has said.

1. When God says, "It's yours", we sometime don't find the correct way to take it.

2. We need direction.

A. Without direction from God, most of us would have tried to enter through the gates.

B. Gods ways are not the same as mans ways.

3. Joshua was told by God to march around the walls.

4. Joshua had divine intervention.

1. And He will give us the right direction we need to receive it.

A. We are lead by the Holy Spirit.

B. We hear the voice of God. (John 10:27)

1. We need:

A. The promise, or a Word from God.

B. Faith in what God has said.

C. Action in the direction God gives.

D. Divine intervention.

1. Holy Spirit

2. Anointing.

3. Angels.

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