Last Week

• Abram called TO the unknown
• God’s call
• God’s plan
• God’s promise
• Abram’s obedience

Guess What?

This Week, Joshua is called to do the IMPOSSIBLE

• God’s Call
• God’s Plan
• God’s Promise
• Joshua’s Obedience

Background

• Joshua
• One of the 12 spies
• Moses successor
• Leading the Nation of Israel to conquer the land
• That God promised Abram, by the way

Up next - Jericho

God’s Call

• Jericho!
• Heavily fortified.
• A central city in the new land.
• First city in Israel’s conquest.

Walls, walls, and more walls!

God’s Plan

God’s Plan

In Summary – a week-long parade around Jericho

• God’s plan references Joshua’s men of war
• Go around the city…
• Take the Levites with you…
• Blow the trumpets and shout.
• The End.

We laugh in hindsight,

But do the same thing today.

“Go invite your neighbor to church”

“Go forgive that person that wronged you”

“Sign up to volunteer…”

For us –

Those things are just as impossible as Jericho seemed.

We’d rather face the walls than the “impossible” in our lives.

• God is not asking
• He isn’t asking you to do this.
• He isn’t even asking your permission.
• He’s calling you to JOIN HIM on the Journey!

God’s Promise

Despite the impossible odds, God still has a plan for victory!

• In an impossible position
• With impossible defenses
• With an impossible strategy
• God still claims victory ahead of time.

Same is true with us

• The victory in our journey is found in WHO is calling us.
• It isn’t about current circumstances
• It isn’t about past failures
• It isn’t about future fears and anxieties
• The victory is in Lord God Almighty, Who is Sovereign over all circumstances, space and time!

Joshua’s Obedience

When we trust God

God does the impossible.

• Abram trusted God – He was called Righteous
• Joshua trusted God – He was called Victorious
• What does God call us?!
• Faithful? Righteous?
• Disobedient, hesitant? Lazy?

1 Cor. 2:9-10

But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,

Nor have entered into the heart of man

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit…

God is calling YOU

He’s calling you to let Him do the IMPOSSIBLE through you –

To Forgive

To Let Go

To Serve

To Speak up!

What Will You Do?

To find out more about BridgePoint Church, located in Gloucester, Virginia, lead by Pastor Robert McTurnal, visit us online at:

https://bridgepoint.church