Endurance is expected

And as I was inquiring with God about Bible study and what He wanted me to talk about, the word endurance came up for me.

And, [laughs] you know, low-key, I was like, "God, is this a word for...

Is this a word for me or for them?" Because I have needed endurance every step of the way, every step of the way.

And I got directed to a passage from Joshua about Jericho, and I'm sure, like, we've all have heard the story of Jericho.

Um, it's a really popular, like, you know, in Sunday school, the walls of Jericho.

It's in VeggieTales, all the grapes, like, march around the walls.

But I wanna really get into how Jericho was delivered through endurance to Joshua and the people, and just the endurance that is required of us in the journey that God has us on.

And I labeled our Bible study and probably this episode Victory Through Adversity, because everywhere that you read in the Bible, every story that God takes people through, there is no victory without adversity first.

There's no victory without needing endurance, without character growth, without obedience, without a process that grows your faith.

God doesn't just deliver victory.

He always grows the person to be capable of carrying it.

And sometimes we wanna skip out on the process because the pro- like, we're tired.

We get worn down.

There have been so many times where I have, like, crawled on my knees to God and been like, "Lord, I am tired.

Help me.

Lead me.

I don't know how much longer I can do this." And it's always in those moments that I'm reminded that it really isn't by my strength, and God's gonna be the one who leads the way of this.

He's gonna be the one who I need to rely on through it.

And when I find myself in those moments of like, "Oh, dang, I'm back doing this in my own strength," which I do and have done recently, I have to come back to Him and be like, "No, back on the path.

Back on the path where God's leading and not me." So I'm actually gonna read a bit of scripture today.

I'm gonna read in Joshua so that we have the whole story, and then I'm gonna get into it and break it down a bit.

And I really hope that this hits your heart if you are feeling weary in your walk right now, if you are feeling like, "I don't know how much longer I can go on." This one's gonna be for you.