Having Faith is God is trusting Him in all occasions, even when things do not seem to be working out so well. The Story of Joshua and the Walls of Jericho present a great example for us to trust in God even when things do not make sense to us.
‘Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. But the L ord said to Joshua, “See, I have handed Jericho over to you, with its king and the valiant warriors. And you shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight ahead.” So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the L ord .” Then he said to the people, “Go forward and march around the city, and the armed men shall go on ahead of the ark of the L ord .” And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the L ord went forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the L ord followed them. And the armed men went ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to blow the trumpets. But Joshua commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word proceed from your mouth, until the day I tell you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout!” So he had the ark of the L ord taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp. Now Joshua got up early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the L ord . Then the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the L ord went on continually, and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went ahead of them, and the rear guard came after the ark of the L ord , while they continued to blow the trumpets. So the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did the same for six days. Then on the seventh day they got up early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same way seven times; only on that day did they march around the city seven times. And at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the L ord has given you the city. But the city shall be designated for destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the L ord ; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it. But all the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the L ord ; they shall go into the treasury of the L ord .” So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight ahead, and they took the city. ‘
