Get Up!

Get Up!


The Lord said, “Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?”
Joshua 7:10 NEW LIVING TRANSLATION


Two simple words kind of say it all, Get up! Let me set the scene for you . . .

Joshua has recently taken over as leader of Israel from Moses. Joshua and the nation have an incredible win in battle over the Canaanites. Then, God calls Joshua to continue his path of taking the land God has set aside. Joshua goes to a little place called Ai (pronounced A-eye). Ai crushes the Israelites! Their response to the loss in battle is to lie on the floor all afternoon wallowing in their defeat. Basically, the Lord tells Joshua to get up and get going. We have work to do!
Often after a great loss, people can become sad, depressed and immobilized with a sense of failure. That is normal. But, we cannot stay that way. God wants us to respond to failures with speed, repentance and to move in the way He has directed. When failures hit, we are at our weakest in every way. This is the time when Satan will challenge you most. He will tell you no one loves you, you are alone, there is no way the problem can be solved, you are hopeless and helpless. But in these times, do the opposite of your feelings. Pray! Read your Bible and pray some more! God wants us to “Get Up” now! Call on him now!
Be strong and remember that after you have fallen down (and you will), get on up and know that God has not left you; He is with us till the end of the age (Matthew 28:20).