{"id":40427,"date":"2026-09-04T02:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/devotion\/things-devoted-destruction-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:10:31","slug":"things-devoted-destruction-2","status":"publish","type":"devotion","link":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/it\/devotion\/things-devoted-destruction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Devoted to Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord warned Israel against taking any spoils from the enemies they defeated. Why this prohibition? It was so they would not trust in the power of man or try to conquer their enemies for material gain. God wanted their eyes fixed on things above, not on things \u201cdevoted to destruction\u201d (material goods that would fade like the grass, see Joshua 6:18).<\/p>\n<p>Despite this warning, one man named Achan decided to take some things for himself. \u201cWhen I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them\u2026\u201d <em>(Joshua 7:21, ESV)<\/em>. It wasn\u2019t much, really, just a pretty coat and a handful of silver and gold. However, it\u2019s always that \u2018one little thing\u2019 that God puts his finger on. Why? Because he knows that a small thing can hinder the fulfillment of his whole destiny for us.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have something you\u2019ve been negligent about, one thing that could hold back God\u2019s best for you? For many of us, these could be reasonable things. Perhaps it\u2019s a desire to hold on to savings that the Lord wants us to give away, or it\u2019s clinging to a demanding career that takes us away from our family. Like Achan, we can hold on to something \u201cinsignificant\u201d without considering what it does to our hearts. God says to us, \u201cYes! Take out that thing that doesn\u2019t belong. Get at it, because just one small hidden thing can hinder the unparalleled victory that I want to give you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our God wants to do mighty things through us. He wants to express his love to the world through us. If we\u2019re clinging to one thing that gets in the way of his accomplishing that\u2014some willfulness, some refusal to trust him for everything\u2014he points it out to us.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Lord putting his finger on in your life? Is it to take away one small thing? Or to add something you\u2019ve neglected? Don\u2019t delay in your response to the Spirit\u2019s faithful voice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius:6px;height:200px;margin-bottom:20px;overflow:hidden;width:100%;\" id=\"player\">\n<iframe style=\"height:200px;width:100%;\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/80ad1c30-6e28-4b60-93fd-7d224a1c1286\/\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we\u2019re clinging to one thing that gets in the way of God accomplishing mighty works through us, he points it out to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40426,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-40427","devotion","type-devotion","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"image":null,"author":"Gary Wilkerson","captivate_embed":"","date":"2025-11-07"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Things Devoted to Destruction - 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