Big Idea: God is almighty and He fights for his people.

Bible Passage: Joshua 6

This week the kids learned the story of the battle of Jericho. God's people had made it (finally!) into the Promised Land. They were now faced with the task of defeating mighty armies to claim the land God had promised them. Jericho was a city with fortified walls around it, and a strong army to defend it. But God told Joshua He would give the people the victory over the city. He gave Joshua special instructions to march around the walls with the army, and finally, give a shout. When the people obeyed, and they shouted, the walls fell down – at just the sound of their voices! God knocked the walls down, and he gave them the victory. 

It would have seemed silly to the people of God to try to defeat a walled city and a great army by simply marching and shouting. It would have taken great faith of Joshua to trust God with such an instruction. But he did, and God showed His mighty power to save His people. Sometimes trusting God in the face of danger or in hard circumstances feels very silly. Sometimes it doesn't make sense at all, and yet, we are told that our mighty God never ever lets us down or leaves us alone. 

We can trust God that He never changes, and that He is mighty to save us now as He was mighty to save His people then. We can trust this because we see his power over all things displayed on the cross for us. Jesus died and rose again to prove that God alone has power over all things – even death- and that we can trust Him to carry us through all things, even if all we have is our voice to sing His praises.

Family Activity

Make a tower out of anything you can find in your home – pillows, boxes, blocks, laundry, whatever you can find! Then, have children march around (without touching the tower) and make loud noises until the tower falls down. When the tower doesn't fall down, remind children that the people who yelled at the tower did not have the power, but God did. As the people followed God, he fought for them. Remind children that our God also promises to never leave or forsake us, and that He has already rescued us from sin and death, and that we can trust Him for whatever we need.