Bring down the walls

The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout!  For the Lord has given you the town!" (Joshua 6:16 NLT)

Nothing had happened yet.  The walls were still up & victory had not yet been achieved.  God had given them a very specific list of things to do in order to achieve victory & up to this point they had followed it.  They had one more thing to do to achieve that victory, they had to shout.  What if they had said this is dumb, it isn't working, it's hot out here, i knew it wouldn't work it never does for me, or some other excuse?  Would the walls have come down, would they have achieved victory?  What if they lacked enthusiasm & instead of shouting they spoke in their normal voices?  Would they have achieved victory? I don't think so.  God wanted to see their obedience, their faith during the battle, & He wanted to see their passion.  Is He seeing those things from us? Can we shout before victory? It might be what we need to bring down those walls.