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"Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I�commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction." Joshua 7:11-12

Reading through the book of Joshua, the chapter on Achanapos;s Sin spoke to me. The Lordapos;s anger burned against the Israelites, for they failed to obey such a blatant commandment given by the Lord. (Joshua 6:18-19 "But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury.")

The warning was given, the commandment was made clear, that the people were to "keep away from the devoted things". Yet, when the time came fro the people to put the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lordapos;s house, greed set in. Achan, in his defense, admitted that (v.21), "When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them."

The items were of great value, I imagine Achan thinking that it was a waste to leave them with a God, a God that wasnapos;t tangible. I believe there�Achan experienced a�lapse of faith� then, when�he took the goods. But Godapos;s commandment was clear, and these commandments given are not meant to be broken. God made commandments so that we can obey them, no matter how unclear the situation, no matter how it makes no sense in the human understanding.

Likewise, many times we donapos;t know where God leads us, but we are called to obey. We know not where obedience leads us to in the near future, but we know that we still press on, through the darkness, and trust that in His time, God will choose to reveal to us His plans for us. And when that time comes, all this suffering will be worth it, every single bit, because the future holds so much sweet milk and honey, because God has so much more to offer us than what this world can give.

If we fail to obey, we bear the consequences. In the case of the Israelites, they lost a battle which they expected to win. The Lord clearly said, that Israel had made themselves liable to destruction. God is with us always, but when we stray away or succumb to our own sinful desires, we are made liable to destruction, and God, in His nature to be fair and just, will discipline us.

But take heart, because each time we fail, we learn, and the Lord teaches us to be more like Him.

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