On the day that five kings of the Amorites with all their armies attacked the children of Israel at Gibeon, Joshua said in the presence of Israel:
« O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon. »(Joshua 10:12)
And though the sun was about to set, the sun « stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. »(Joshua 10:13)
As the momentum of battle was to their advantage, Joshua wanted « the sun to stand still » so that he could completely rout his enemies and not give them time to regroup. They were routed and experienced a great defeat.
However, it is important to note that although Joshua was unaware that the sun does not actually rotate, rather the earth revolves around the sun, God still honored his faith and answered his prayer.
God then stopped the earth to fulfill Joshua’s request.
This means that even when our faith confessions may not always be perfect, God knows what we want and still honors our hope and our faith in Him.
PRAYER:
Our Father who art in heaven, give us the courage to ask you anything we want.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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