Jericho

Joshua 5:13–6:27

Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called Joshua. Joshua was a great leader of God’s people, with God’s help.

We begin with a man named Joshua. Joshua was the leader of God’s army.


One day, God told Joshua He would take over the city of Jericho. But the city of Jericho had a HUGE wall that went aaaaaaall the way around it.


The wall was BIG. The wall was STRONG. And because the wall was BIG and STRONG, the city of Jericho was very hard to get into. How would Joshua lead the army to take Jericho if there was a BIG, STRONG wall aaaaaaall the way around it?


Well, Joshua wasn’t sure how that would happen, but He knew He could trust God’s plan. And this is the plan God gave Joshua. God told Joshua to take horns and blow them while marching around the BIG, STRONG wall, one time a day, for six days.


Now, you are probably thinking “wait, that’s the plan? Blow trumpets and march?” Yes, that was the plan. Joshua didn’t understand how God’s plan would work, but Joshua trusted God and did what He told Him to do. So, Joshua gathered his army, got their horns, and marched around the BIG, STRONG wall.


March! March! March! March! Joshua and the army played the horns and marched. 


Day one, they marched! 


Day two, they marched! 


Day three...


Day four...



Day five...


Day six, and theeennnn....


On day seven, God told Joshua to march aaaaaaall the way around the wall seven times. Then, when Joshua said, “GO,” the army would give a loud shout! Again, Joshua didn’t totally understand what God was doing. How would marching and shouting and horns break down a BIG, STRONG wall?


But Joshua trusted God, so Joshua did what God told Him to do. Joshua led the army to march around the city seven times. Then Joshua said, “GO!” The army blew the trumpets army gave a loud shout!


Do you know what happened? The wall fell down! God’s plan worked! God is amazing! Sometimes we may not understand how God’s plan will work, but we can always trust God!





Bible Paraphrase: I trust in God. I am not afraid. —Psalm 56:11, NIrV

Text Truth: We can trust God’s plan.



Family Devotional

"March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.” —Joshua 5:3-5

Our Bible story was about people who had to do a lot of marching around a very big wall. Do you remember how God told Joshua to march his soldiers around the wall of Jericho? What happened? Yes! Joshua did what God said, because he trusted God’s plan, and the wall fell down!

I trust in God. I am not afraid. —Psalm 56:11, NIrV

With your family, make a list of what you plan to be when you grow up: a firefighter or a doctor or a dancer or a teacher . . . whatever you want to be. It’s great to make plans, but we must always remember to trust that God’s plan is best.

Pray with your family. Allow any family members to pray if they wish. In your own words, say, “Dear God, thank You for letting us dream of what we can grow up and be one day. I think it’s wonderful that [family member's name] wants to be a [occupation they listed] and [family member's name] wants to be a [occupation they listed]. (Repeat with each family member and what they want to be.) I pray that as they grow, they will plan and dream and choose to trust that Your plan is best. We love You, God. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

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