Joshua 7
1But the children of Israel committed a trespass
regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi,
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the
anger of the Lord burned against the children of Israel.
- If we will not deceive
ourselves, it is very clear that Nigeria as a nation has taken the
accursed things, and now she cannot stand before her enemies.
6 Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the
earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and
the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
- As we are the Joshuas of today
by the grace of God, we gather together to humble ourselves before the
Lord, to ask for mercy and God’s help on behalf of the nation of
Nigeria.
7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord God, why have
You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of
the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the
other side of the Jordan!
- Many times in our ignorance, we
blame God for our own wickedness, but we have come to repent on behalf of
Nigeria, for the nation has sinned against God. We have not come to murmur
but to plead for mercy because of accursed things in the midst of the
nation, such as fraud, mammon, disobedience of all kinds, self-love,
persecution, adultery, fornication, killing of innocent people and
more.
- Please Lord, expose all the
accursed things in the midst of Nigeria and remove them in Jesus' name.
13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify
yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel:
“There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before
your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”
- Let us examine the mercy of God
to the children of Israel in this verse. It is the same thing God wants to
do with us now. In the Church, there are accursed things; in the
Government, there are accursed things; in the hospitals, there are
accursed things which lead to the death of many innocent young and old
people daily. Among families, there are accursed things that allows 'Ai'
to prevail.
- Let us pray for God to use His
light to expose all the accursed things in the midst of Nigeria, remove
them and replace them with His righteousness prevails over all the enemies
of the land.
21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful
Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing
fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the
earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”
- O God, let Your flint knife
fall on all the 'beautiful Babylonish garments' that have taken over the
hearts of Nigerians, making them become the slaves of Ai (the enemy). Cut
them off in Jesus’ name.
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the
tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.
- Let us ask God to deliver
Nigeria from the work of flesh and from the Adamic nature in the midst of
the nation that generates and bears fruits.
- Lord, please uproot and remove
them, that the fruit of Your Seed may take over the land. Lord, please
have mercy and bless Nigeria and the people of the land in Jesus’ name.
- Let us pray for the children of Nigeria, that God will protect their hearts and interests against everything that heaven regards as an accursed thing. Lord, let them lose taste for them from today in Jesus’ name. Amen.
