Heart of a Conqueror Part 5: Vision
To achieve victory we have to see like God sees!
Proverbs 29:18 KJV
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Proverbs 29:18 MSG
If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what He reveals, they are most blessed.
Joshua 6:1-2
Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.
Joshua 6:2
See, I have given Jericho into your hand...
1st Spiritual vision comes from being in God’s presence
Joshua 5:13 ESV
When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"
2nd Spiritual vision comes when we submit to God’s purpose
Joshua 5:13c-14a ESV
And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?" And he said, “No;”
Joshua 5:14a ESV
And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.”
Joshua 5:14b ESV
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
Joshua 5:15 ESV
And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
3rd Spiritual vision comes when we believe what God says
Joshua 6:1-2
Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.
