What
a marvelous job the enemies of GOD do in masking their identity and
intent. Paul would describe it thus:
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
righteousness;" (2 Corinthians 11:14-15)
The great victors of the Bible ride upon white horses, and so it is
with Satan. His however, is of Trojan descent.
Self-confidence is syndromic of the Christian who has turned from
GOD to the mirror. The moment we take our eyes off of
CHRIST, courage turns casual, even crass.
Ai ... even the city's
name sounds benign!
Rather than obey GOD and pursue
the conquest of Canaan with a vengeance, Joshua sent just a few up to
battle. Conventional thinking would suggest that Ai, with a
population of 12,000 would be easy picking after Jericho. The
scouting party Joshua sent out returned to affirm this reasoning.
One wise old saint has
stated that all our failures as Christians are but prayer failures.
Joshua prayed regarding Ai, but
only after the few he sent to battle had returned in disgrace and
defeat. It is my observation that no Christian is prayerless, but many are careless ...
choosing to seek HIM post event, when their plan blows up.
Joshua succumb to this very thing counting the voice of his spies more
vital than that of GOD. This fiasco at Ai falls into the
Biblical: 'Can't be Howie File' ... a sad bit of Satanic dé·jà vu. (Numbers
13-14)
