(Posted from AM devotions)
I've got some really bad plans. Not bad, like morally wrong, just goofy-bad. Like they don't make sense if you subject them to any kind of scrutiny. Like somebody needs to slap me and say, "snap out of it!"
So I'm really enjoying reading Joshua. Talk about your goofy plans.. Plan number 1: "Okay fellows, we're going to cross the river by just kind of starting to walk across it and then the water's gonna stop." I suspect there may have been an awkward silence and a bit of sandal scuffing when Joshua shared this plan with the priests. I mean, really, that's it? That's your plan?
Plan number 2:"Okay fellows, we're going to break through the city walls of Jericho by, get this, walking around the city in silence, then we're going to shout. Really loud." More scuffing of sandals. Some brave priest lifts his hand, "so the plan is to shout, really loud?" All kinds of sarcasm opportunities present themselves when they returned to their tents.
See, I know what the church should do and I know how to do it, but my plan is really stupid, so I'm enjoying Joshua a lot.
Beware, ye scuffers of sandals. Beware of really simple plans! There is a man with a drawn sword on the road ahead of us.
Stupid works! I've learned never too under estimate the incredible effectiveness of stupid plans!! God seems to honor them all the time.
So I'm all ears Boss whats your plan?
Posted by: Jeff Belliner | February 09, 2008 at 07:39 PM
I was one of the scoffing priests last week - a prayer meeting until 2am!? People don't attend the Thursday night prayer or the Friday am prayer walks - WHY would they pray for 6 hours into the middle of the night?!?!
I stand corrected. We stepped, our feet did not get wet, and the leadership team was not alone.
God is faithful (but I still think we could witness his faithfulness earlier in the day!).
Posted by: Janette Miller | February 10, 2008 at 11:40 AM
We heard that sandals last couple months when we decided head 1000 miles down from Sao Paulo do Paraguay. Once again sandals scoffing when that "stupid" idea of crossing the border with our cars. "What if the corrupt officers in Paraguay stop us?"
God trully and faithfully guided us there and back... And there are more to come.
Blessings from Brazil!!!
Posted by: Lincoln Souza | February 19, 2008 at 02:05 PM