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What if the fastest way to victory is to stop running and kneel? Walking through Joshua 4–5, we explore how God slows an eager nation on the brink of Jericho to secure a deeper win: remember His grace, cut away reliance on the flesh, and bow before holy presence. We start with the memorial of twelve stones—a public, generational sign that the Jordan’s miracle is about God’s action, not human effort. Like communion, it centers our story on the cross so we have something solid to hold when the river runs low and life feels dry.

From there, the text gets uncomfortably practical. On hostile ground, God commands circumcision—a stunning picture of renouncing self-salvation. We name four signs that the flesh is steering: self-effort, legalism, anxiety, and comparison. Each is confronted and “cut off” by faith as we receive the Spirit’s power and let grace define our identity. Then the manna stops. Not because God withdraws love, but because He invites maturity. We move from surviving on daily drops to harvesting the land, savoring the richness of Scripture, and partnering with God in the growth He supplies.

Finally, Joshua meets the Commander of the Lord’s army. “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” “No.” The holy answer reframes everything: the question is not whether God joins our plan, but whether we yield to His. Shoes come off. Worship begins. Strategy will follow, but surrender leads. When we remember the cross, submit the flesh, and bow before Jesus, shame is rolled away, courage rises without bravado, and obedience becomes the path of peace. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review telling us which step—remembering, submitting, or bowing—hits home for you today.

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