Despite knowing that God was taking care of
every need – the miraculous exit from
Egypt, parting the Red Sea, providing food and water in the desert, the nation
of Israel still didn’t trust God and they disobeyed. God promised them a land flowing with milk
and honey in the Promised Land – where
He was leading them. In that promised
land, though, lived other people that would need to be conquered by the
Israelites. They sent out 12 spies and
ten out of the twelve were fearful and persuaded the people to be fearful. Only two of the spies (Joshua and Caleb)
trusted God, knowing that God would provide their victory. Because of the people’s disobedience, God
said that none of them would enter the Promised
Land, but only Joshua and Caleb with the children of those that disobeyed –
the rest would wander around the wilderness for forty years and die there. When that forty years had passed, Joshua was
given the command to lead them. By
obedience to God, the Israelites then were able to enter the enemies’ territories
and have many victories, but when they disobeyed, God did not allow the
victories. Tonight we learned about one
of the amazing victories they had by conquering the city of Jericho – the
victory was not by strength or might, but by pure obedience to God. Ask your Sparkie why we made horns
tonight! The Hebrew name Joshua means “God saves or God rescues,
or God is salvation” in which Joshua is another figure in the Old Testament who
is a picture of Jesus Christ and His salvation for us. As we work our way through the Old Testament,
we continue to see how God saves His people and He continues to save us today. You
can read about this in the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. You are welcome to join us anytime at Sparks! You
can also check out the AWANA program at www.fbc.littletonil.org .
Mrs. Jennifer Schroeder, Mrs. Barb
Stein.
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