The benefit of the strategy

SUMMARY: Joshua was a visionary leader who trusted in God's promise of salvation. He was a strategic-minded leader who explored the context and turned threats into opportunities to achieve God's purposes. The church needs leaders like Joshua who can prepare the people to face the challenges of the Kingdom of God. Missionaries are like spies who glorify God with their reports of faith and hope. The church must be prudent and discreet in accomplishing God's purposes. When we live the word of God in the body of Christ, we can safely break down obstacles and make reality God's plans for His church and children.

Joshua had the experience of having been a spy for God's people. His report on the recognition of the land "where milk and honey flow" was an expression of trust and fidelity to what God had promised for his people. Perhaps that show of courage and trust in the Most High, earned him to be the chosen one of God in the epic of conquest (Numbers 13: 1–16).

Joshua, literally means "the Lord is salvation." The archetype of the visionary leader who accompanied Moses to receive the law on Mount Sinai, the strategist described as a man “filled with the spirit of wisdom” (Num. 27:18), the obedient and trusting servant of God's promise of that he would not abandon him if he took care to keep his Word. Now it was necessary to prepare the people for battle. To get to Canaan there was an obstacle: Jericho, the walled city. It was strategically important to defeat Jericho to access Canaan. And it was necessary to send spies to scout the terrain. The whore Rahab was the instrument to hide them so they could fulfill their mission and inform Joshua.