Tag: Jericho

At that time Joshua imposed this curse:

“The man who undertakes
the rebuilding of this city, Jericho,
is cursed before the Lord.

He will lay its foundation
at the cost of his firstborn;
he will finish its gates
at the cost of his youngest.” (Joshua 6:26)

Years later, someone would rebuild Jericho, and he paid the price for it just as Joshua had said. (I Kings 16:34)

How often do we rebuild the strongholds of sin in our lives that God has torn down?

So often, when we become Christians, God gives us victory over different sins in our lives, and we rejoice because of it.

But then we start to remember the pleasures of our sin while forgetting all the damage and destruction it caused.

And so we start rebuilding what God has torn down to our harm.

Lord, let me never rebuild what you have torn down. It’s so easy to go back to my old, sinful habits. But those habits will destroy me. Help me not to look back, only but forward, following you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.