And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
There’s alot of death in the history of the children of Israel. There was much death in Egypt. There was much death in the wilderness. There was much death in the law. And there was much death in the promised land. After Joshua and the children of Israel came over the Jordan River and defeated Jericho and Ai, they were now to face five kings of the Amorites.
To make a long story short, God delivered them all into the hands of Israel and discomfited them and slew them with a great slaughter. The five kings fled into a cave, were captured, slew, and hung on a tree. Their armies were chases all way back to cities they came from. The Bible says, “There was no day like that before it or after it…” (Joshua 10:14) Why was that?
In that day, Joshua asked the Lord to keep the sun still upon Gibeon and moon still in the valley of Ajalon. Joshua asked God to stop time for awhile. And God answered his prayer, “So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about the whole day.” (Joshua 10:13) God held up time, stopped the sun, in order that Joshua and the children of Israel could get the job done.
This is what I conclude: Victory for God is important to Him. Victory in the life of a Christian is of utmost importance and priority to God, so much that he would stop time in order to get the job done. Furthermore, God would hold up the sun in order to kill the enemies of God.
Follow me down that Roman road. “The carnal mind is enmity against God.” (8:7) “If ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” (8:13) That word mortify means to put to death; to kill. Our God is a God of war! God wants you through the Spirit to kill; kill the deeds of the flesh and the carnal mind. So much that he’d stop all time, and hold up the sun, that you might get the job done. It is important to him.
This shows us that God cares. God is concerned about our battles. He is concerned with our battles against the flesh. All that death in Egypt, the wilderness, the law, and the promised land was important to God. We have a complete and finished salvation, but the good work of God in us has just begun. He is concerned with our troubles and trials. Ask Him for help. Every morning the sun rises and shines upon us and declares to us the helping hand of God. Cast all your cares upon him; for he careth for you.