Who walked around the city of Jericho?

Joshua 6:2-4 (NASB) ² The LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. ³ "You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. ⁴ "Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 


Joshua 6:10 (NASB)
¹⁰ But Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you, 'Shout!' Then you shall shout!"




Joshua 6 gives us interesting account of the miracle that God provides for Joshua and the Israelites. The biggest obstacle that hindered them from advancing was the wall and God bought it down when they submit themselves under God's direction and to the leadership of Joshua.

Submission is an attitude that we need to have in order to see the work of God established in our lives. The submission of the priests and men of war to Joshua's command was one of the keys to see the  miracle of God coming to pass. While we would have thought that young children walked around the city keeping quiet, the Bible noted that it was the priests and the men of war who did the marching without making the noise. The men of war or the strong warriors were disciplined, skilled, talented and strong. Some might even be better than Joshua in certain aspects of their capability. Yet they submitted to the leadership of Joshua. This is the picture of submission: We, being able and gifted, in our own capacity voluntarily subject ourselves to the leadership of God's appointed. We submit out of love for God and one another. We submit because there is a common objective that we are going for: God's kingdom advancement. And when we have a positive spirit of submission, we will be able to see God's provision in our situations.