Joshua 4:1-5
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua, "Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan from right where the priests stood and to carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight." So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites...
After all Israelites crossed the river, God asked each tribe of Israelites to pick one person who would carry one stone from the river bed of Jordan River and placed the stone in the place where Israelites stayed. Among the twelve tribes, each tribe sent one person to carry a stone. Why did they have to do that? Because God wanted Israelites to know a principle of spiritual battle.
In a spiritual battle, proclaiming victory towards your enemies is a very important principle. This proclamation is not restricted to leaders only, but that all family of God shall be part of claiming victory. Every tribe must claim victory, proclaiming that the victory belongs to God. Indeed, God's blessing saved everyone. It is not sufficient to just have faith in spiritual battles. One needs a proclamation action. It is because of our proclaiming our faith, we broke the old bondages, and enter into God's victory. When we are sworn in to be a citizen of the United States, one will find that the immigration officer will not allow anyone to leave at will with a Certificate of Citizenship. If you walk out, he will block you. You are free to leave only after swearing ceremony - It is that important!
Many people think that as long as they know it by heart it is good enough. "Knowing by heart," however, merely makes it a secret. Only after we proclaim with our action, can we bring out the power of victory. God asked every family and every tribe of Israelites to rise up and proclaim victory so that people would commemorate this great deed by God for the rest of their lives!
Lord, may you give us lively faith. Let us not only believe you are the Lord, but also proclaim you are our Lord over anything and any circumstance. Not only will we proclaim to ourselves that Jesus is the Lord, we also will proclaim to enemies that Jesus is the Lord. May the flag of Lord's victory fly high in our lives always. I thank you and I pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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