Book of Joshua 10:12,13 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.
To speak of an event too good to be true as many argue , a heathen writers book of Jashar was written and made public before Joshua wrote his history and is therefore properly alluded to here. It was probably a collection of wars, poems and giving account of the miracle. It seems down the ages this book has been lost by the Jews and not preserved with care as their inspired writings.
The event is a conquest of Joshua and Israel saving Gibeon from the Amorites onslaught . The battle raged and running out of sunlight Joshua prayed to the Lord of the Universe and declared by an Act of Faith “Sun, stop over Gibeon. Moon, stand still over the valley of Aijalon” (Joshua 10:12). And as our verse makes clear, the sun and the moon did stop on their courses through the heavens until the conquest was completed.
As we read this in the Old Testament we are reminded in the New what Jesus said in Mark 11:22-24 22“Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.23“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him. 24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Miracles that happened to Joshua should not be limited to happening in the past but be part of the present life we have in Christ. Walking in Christ’s will and in His Spirit , amazing things happen in your lives. Your spoken Faith will rise up within you to alter the heavens and move mountains. Nothing can stop the Lord from performing his work , when He decides to move through our faith.
Your life’s journey on earth meets with many Amorite battles and obstacles like the sun and moon as it was for Joshua. Remember the faith God has given to you and in you will rise up like it did for Joshua and speak and declare the word that will change everything.
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