Time to Start Marching

Joshua 6:2-7 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.” So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord.” And he said to the people, “Go forward. March around the city and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.” 
Do we really need to take that city???  Israel had Jericho right where they wanted them.  Verse 1 says that they were all pent up in the city, hiding.  They were scared to death.  Why even bother?  becuase The Lord Had commanded it, and because He had promised it.  If they would have passed on by to more important cities they never would have seen how powerful His hand was in battle.  They would have missed out on the important lessons He had for them.  They had to go through the process, and so do we.  It's time to start marching, and start praying around and over the challenges He has set before us this week, and see what He has to teach us and accomplish in one week.