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  One of the blessings of God’s Word is that God doesn’t hide the failures of His servants.  In Josh. 9, we read about Israel forming an alliance with the Gibeonites – inhabitants of the Promised Land, after being deceived by their moldy bread and ragged garments.  They were deceived because they:

  We too can be easily deceived when we fail to do what we read in the verse above.  That always leads to failure and defeat.

  But do not loose heart.  Josh. 10 speaks about the great victory for Israel over 5 kingdoms of the Promised Land who were coming against the Gideonites – Israel’s slaves.  In this account, Joshua communicated with God, and God even stopped the sun and moon so the battle could be finished.

  This serves as a reminder to us, that even though we may have defeats in our walk, there is great victory when we look to God.  He still can still use us when we:

Repentance leads to restoration, and restoration leads to rising above and going forward in His power.  Peter failed miserably in the court yard, but went out weeping in repentance, was restored by the forgiveness of God, and in his first sermon 3000 walked the isle to trust Christ.

  It is always best to not head into failure and defeat by not “looking unto Jesus” (Heb. 12:2).  So stay close, stay clean, stay captivated, stay carrying out God’s will and work, and stay counting on His coming.

 Perhaps today! 

Love to you all,

Pastor John