Joshua 6:6-11

Babies love routine. If they are on their routine they are peaceful calm cute babies. Get babies off of their routine and they become cranky.

Here's a cute baby video:

Can you imagine what it would be like to have four babies off schedule? Talk about headache.

When we get off schedule do we get cranky?

Let's pick up our story from yesterday.

So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the LORD and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.” And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the LORD.” When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the LORD went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the LORD’s covenant followed them. The armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard followed the ark. All this time the trumpets were sounding. But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!” So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once. Then the army returned to camp and spent the night there. ~Joshua 6:6-11

I have to say, the Israelites must of been super patient. First Joshua tells them to march around a city, which they do for six days. Then Joshua changes it up a little bit, still no complaining.

Are we more like babies or more like the Israelites? Are we cranky when our routine gets messed with or are we patient and do not complain?