Joshua 7: 12
I will not be with you anymore
unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
This is the occasion where God had exposed the sins of Achan
who had stolen and hidden some of the treasures from Jericho in his tent. God
had specifically instructed Joshua to order that nothing of the enemy must be
taken. All material things that have been align with idol worship must be
destroyed.
We are not to crave for the gold or the silver that these
items are made of. No matter how much value is attached to the items, they are
all abominations to God and anyone harbouring them bring and abomination to
their home. In the case of Achan because he sinned by hiding some of the
articles in his tent, he brought the full judgement of God upon the whole
nation and God told Joshua that until the one who had committed the sin is
punished, the whole nation would suffer.
This is a lesson for us that we must not crave after unholy
wealth. We must not be consumed with the greed of worldly wealth and compromise
with our relationship with our God. When this happens then we will find
ourselves being separated from God.
It is very clear in today’s verse that when we choose the
items that belong to idol worship then the presence of God will be lifted from
us and we will be abandoned by Him to our destruction. This is a strong lesson
to us as I have seen how people were held under the bondage of demonic
possession when they do not let go of all the idolatrous possessions.
In my experience of spiritual warfare, some of the victims
could not be delivered until all idolatrous items in their possessions are
destroyed and only then could their ties with the demonic be cut free.
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