“When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.” [Josh 6:20 NIV]
If you read Joshua 6 about the taking of the fortified city of Jericho as he began his campaign to claim the Promised Land, you notice that the people did the same thing for six days, and nothing happened. Then on the 7th day as they continued to follow the LORD’s command to march, God added something to their warfare. They shouted! And when they shouted! the walls of the city gave way.
Beloved, the Church of Christ Jesus has lost her voice in our culture. We are silent not because we’ve grown hoarse from the shouting; we are silent because we have surrendered our voice in the face of the fortified city of the enemy. And because we’ve been silent, the enemy has pushed his walls out and claimed more and more of our culture.
Well, no more. It’s time the church started shouting. We need to give the enemy notice. We will not remain silent about abortion … we will preach the truth of The Word of God completely … we will worship our LORD and Savior Christ Jesus both inside our dedicated buildings and out of them. We will preach of the love and goodness of our God for everyone, but we will also remind that God’s goodness will never compromise His holiness. “It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God!” [Hebrews 10:31]
Church arise! Shout! Kneel before our LORD. Plead for His Presence! Blow the trumpets of war! Aren’t you tired of being told your God is irrelevant? And so are you? Well, I am. I intend to shout! The enemy has no authority to tell me I can’t!
