When God tells you to do something, don’t question Him. Even if you think doing it will make you look silly.

How crazy must the people in Jericho thought the Israelites were when they looked outside the walls on the first day, and saw the parade pass by. “What do those desert wanderers think they’re doing? And what’s with those strange trumpets?”, they must’ve said.

And on the second day, “What? They’re doing it again? That’s weird.”

And so on for six days.

Then, on the seventh day: “Oh for crying out loud. They’re back. Oh well. They’ll be gone soon.”

“Wait. They’re going around again. That’s strange.”

“And again?”

And if you’re one of the Israelites, how silly must you have felt to be walking out there, doing nothing, saying nothing. “Come on! If we’re going to take this city, let’s take it already! Let’s storm the walls! Let’s build a battering ram for the door! Let’s DO something! What’s with all this WALKING?”

“Wait. Joshua’s telling us to go around seven times today? What? We’re supposed to yell when we hear the ram’s horn? Does he really think that’s going to scare the inhabitants into surrender, or something? Sheesh”

Of course we know what happened, but since they didn’t have the book of Joshua to read back then, this whole series of events must have looked and felt incredibly silly and stupid at the time.

When God tells you to do something, don’t question Him. Even if you think doing it will make you look silly.