Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. 2 And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. 4 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. 5 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.”
To really appreciate the full impact of the Lord's instructions here, we need to recall all the ways the Lord has been building up to this moment: Doing a final numbering of men for battle, restating the covenant and all their responsibilities in the land, bringing them through the sea and closing the "door" behind them, reinstituting the Passover and cutting off the manna. Next, we would expect a rush into battle, or at least a siege on the city, but instead, we find a stroll around the city. God does something totally different, impressing upon them, and us, that we need to keep on listening in every circumstance for how God wants us to do things now. His ways are definitely not our ways. He does not follow conventional wisdom. His ways are definitely higher, wiser, and much more amazing.
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