Buried in Faith

Whoooosh.

The sound of my email sending seemed to echo around me as the realization of what I'd just done sank in. 

I closed my eyes, tilted my head back and let out a shout of victory as the wall to my very own Jericho crumbled before me.

I’d rescinded my acceptance of a new job with the promise of supernatural provision in its wake. I’d stepped out in enormous faith so that I could now charge ahead, sword held high, into my new life as a stay-at-home-mom and Kingdom builder - cutting down the old to make way for His promises unhindered.

But as I leapt into this promised season ahead, it wasn't without a gentle uttering from the Holy Spirit, “don’t try to dig back up what you’ve buried in faith.”

I couldn’t dilute or delay the promises ahead by unearthing, or rebuilding, what I'd already relinquished in faith.

Every temptation to wonder what “could’ve been” had to die right then and there, because what was ahead was far better than what might have been amidst the rubble. 

In Joshua 6, we read of the Lord’s deliverance of Jericho into the Israelites hands after a mighty seven day march and glorious, faith-filled shout, “‘Shout! For the Lord has given you the city!’ Forging into the exposed city, they laid waste to all that was unholy in the Lord’s sight, burning down and destroying with the sword all things living, ‘then they burned the whole city and everything in it…’” (Josh. 6:24).

But what followed that destruction was an oath, “Cursed before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: ‘At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates’”(Josh. 6:26). A warning to let what was dead stay dead and what had been burned and buried remain so . 

How many cities have you torn down only to begin relaying the foundation? What situations have you surrendered at the foot of the cross only to pick them back up? What have you buried in faith only to unearth in fear?

At what cost have you revisited the things you've already laid down? Friend, don’t sacrifice your peace and faith because of the fear of what you might be missing, because when He’s in it, what lies ahead will far surpass what might have been. 

When the temptation to pick up something you’ve long since relinquished exposes itself, remember the faith it took to bury it. Remember the faith it must have taken to walk for seven days before finally watching that wall fall. Remember the faith it must have taken to let that rubble lie and know that what was to come was far better. 

Let your Jericho fall. Let rest what has been laid to waste, standing firm in faith, and let the future hold His promises unhindered.

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.” Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)

About the Author

Hi Friends! I’m Faith, wife of six years to my wonderful husband, Ryan, and mama to the most precious earthly gifts. Both of their little lives will forever be a testament to God’s Faithfulness as He’s proven to us time and time again that He delights in blessing His children. We live in a tiny little town in South Georgia called Sparks and I work as a Research & Development Technician within a breeding program for a seed company in a neighboring city. I enjoy my career but my heart and Spirit delight in the written word, specifically God’s Word. I’m passionate about writing and am ecstatic to be able to channel that passion into sharing His Will and Glory here on earth - to be His vessel so others will know Him, His heart for us, and how wonderful a life lived for Him will always undoubtedly be.