Individual expression and personal taste have their place in lifestyle choices, but when it comes to God’s commands, complicit obedience is the only safe practice. Because of one man’s disobedient lust for some spoils of war, Israel lost the lives of over 30 men in the battle against the city of Ai.

The practice of instant, strict obedience to God’s commands yields a life of victory and safety.

PRAYER: Father, through the grace You provide, we want to be responsively obedient to the direction of Your Word and the leading of Your Spirit.

READING: Josh.5-8