In this devotional from the Joshua series, Pastor Mike Woodruff opens the final week of reflections from the book of Joshua by weaving together two of its most powerful threads — the long, silent march around Jericho and the unlikely faith of Rahab — into a single, sustaining encouragement for anyone who feels stuck, stalled, or unable to see where God is taking them.

The march around Jericho didn't look like progress. It looked ridiculous. And yet it was obedience — what Eugene Peterson called "a long obedience in the same direction." God asked His people to trust, obey, and wait. And waiting on the Lord, Pastor Mike reminds us, is never passive. It is one of the most active things we can do.

Then there's Rahab. A Canaanite. A prostitute. A woman with no resume of faithfulness — just one moment of it. And God weaves that single act of trust into eternity, placing her in the genealogical line that leads all the way to Jesus. As A.W. Tozer observed, God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible. The problem is that we tend to only plan for what we can manage on our own.

Pastor Mike closes with a word for anyone who can't see how the pieces fit together right now. We don't get to see the full tapestry — only the underside, with all its knots and loose threads. What's on the other side may be richer than we can imagine, but it won't always be obvious. Not now. Maybe not for years. Maybe not in our lifetime.

But our job was never to see the whole picture. Our job is to be faithful in the next step.

Like Rahab. Like Joshua. Like the Israelites circling a wall that hadn't fallen yet.

📖 Series: Joshua — A Devotional Study 🎙️ Pastor: Mike Woodruff 📌 Scripture Focus: Joshua 2 | Joshua 6 | Hebrews 11

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