Jun 16, 2018
Waiting can be difficult. Even having to wait on God can prove to be a challenge for most of us. And Achan, had he lived, would have learned the invaluable lesson that waiting on God can be rewarding. When he and his fellow Israelites had surprisingly and easily defeated the city of Jericho, he had helped himself to some of the spoil, in direct violation of God’s command. But his sin was exposed by God when the Israelites were routed by the much-smaller army of Ai. Achan and his entire family were put to death for his sin and with payment made for his transgression, God told the Israelites that He was going to give them victory over the city of Ai. Not only that, He was going to give them the spoil of the city. Had Achan only waited, he would have had all the spoil he could carry, and he wouldn’t have had to hide it in a hole dug in his tent. In Joshua 8:1-2, we get a glimpse of what happens when we are willing to wait and do things God’s way. He rewards us. Perhaps Achan thought the ban on spoil was a permanent condition. Maybe he just couldn’t wait. But had he trusted God, not only would he have been alive, he would have been rewarded for waiting.