The BridgeSample

There are people who can point us in the direction of the bridge, but we are the ones who need to move our feet. 

You need to have people you can ask for advice when you don’t know how to advance or how to embrace the strategy to expand. We all need someone we can ask for directions, somebody who can teach us how to win. In Joshua’s story, it’s God who gives him the winning strategy. 

No matter what your walk in life is, or what your beliefs are, if your dreams are important, and you don’t know which way to go, you can always speak to God. Take a few minutes and ask Him for wisdom for the road ahead so you can reach your dreams some day. 

In James 1:5 (NKJV), I find the following words: “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” 

The strategy that led Joshua to triumph was a very unusual one: attack a city protected by walls. Sun Tzu, one of the greatest strategists who ever lived, says the following: 

“Maintaining an army is expensive: a host of 100,000 men can cost 1,000 ounces of silver a day for provisions like food, chariots, spears, arrows, armor, and oxen. Prolonged warfare can exhaust the resources of any state, leaving it weak and vulnerable. 

Hence, aim for quick and decisive victories, not prolonged campaigns. Avoid besieging walled cities, because this usually takes months of preparations, and many impatient generals will squander their men in pointless attacks.”

However, Joshua didn’t take months of preparation. It only took him seven days to conquer that city because when God is in the equation, there is no goal you cannot reach, no dream you cannot fulfill, no ocean you cannot navigate, no mountain you cannot climb, and no battle you cannot win. When the wisdom of God is present, everything is different, and nothing is impossible. To win, you need all the wisdom you can accumulate. Give yourself a chance to win.