{"id":3113,"date":"2026-04-29T20:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:44:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:44:47","slug":"the-sun-stood-still-in-the-midst-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/devotional\/the-sun-stood-still-in-the-midst-of-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun Stood Still In The Midst Of Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sun Stood Still In The Midst Of Heaven<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Joshua<\/strong> spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites<\/strong> before the children of Israel. Five kings<\/strong> had come against Gibeon<\/em>, the city that made peace with Israel, and Joshua marched all night from Gilgal<\/strong> with his mighty men of valor.<\/p>\n

The Lord discomfited the Amorites<\/em> before Israel, slaying them with a great slaughter at Gibeon<\/em>, chasing them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron<\/strong>, and smiting them in Azekah<\/strong> and unto Makkedah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The battle raged across the valley while the Amorites<\/em> fled before the sword of Israel. Above them the sun climbed higher into the sky. Few hours were left before night fall granting the enemy an escape.<\/p>\n

Joshua<\/em> saw the day slipping away. He saw the enemy scattering into the hills where shadows would hide them. A commander knows the cost of an unfinished victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Standing before the men of valor,<\/em> with the valley stretched out beneath him and the five kings<\/em> fleeing toward the caves, Joshua opened his mouth. He spoke to the Lord. Then he spoke to the sun.<\/p>\n

“Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon”<\/em> (Joshua 10:12 KJV).<\/p>\n

“And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.”<\/strong> (Joshua 10:13 KJV)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The sun stood still in the sky. The moon<\/strong> held its place over the valley. The sun stayed at the command of a man who spoke with the authority of heaven<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the Lord fought for Israel<\/em>” (Joshua 10:14 KJV).<\/p>\n

Creatures obeyed its Maker. The same voice that said, “Let there be light,”\u00a0 held that light in place at the request of His servant. Joshua asked.<\/strong> The Lord answered. The sun and moon became weapons of war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The five kings<\/em> fled to a cave at Makkedah<\/em>. Joshua commanded great stones rolled before the mouth of the cave, guards set to watch them, and the army pressed on, destroying the Amorites until the victory was complete.<\/p>\n

When the slaughter<\/strong> ended, Joshua returned to the cave and brought out the five kings. The sun that stood still witnessed the defeat of kings before the armies of Israel.<\/p>\n

The Lord fights for His people. Heaven and earth move at His command. What God did at Gibeon, He did in\u00a0 generations. He bends creation to His will, and gives victory.<\/p>\n

Joshua did not fight alone in that day. The Lord cast down great stones<\/strong> from heaven upon the Amorites<\/em>. More died from the hailstones than from the sword.<\/p>\n

Prayer moves the hand that moves the world. Joshua’s voice reached the throne of God, and the throne of God commanded the heavens.<\/p>\n

The sun, that great burning light<\/strong> traversing the sky since the fourth day of creation, paused its course<\/strong>. The moon, the lesser light ruling the night, stayed its orbit.<\/p>\n

Time<\/strong> itself submitted to the will of the Almighty spoken through the lips of a man who walked in covenant with the Maker of all things.<\/p>\n

That day extended beyond all natural limits. A prolonging of light and triumph, an extension of the Lord showing Himself strong on behalf of His people.<\/p>\n

The Amorites<\/em> learned what Egypt<\/strong> learned at the Red Sea. The five kings discovered what Pharaoh<\/strong> discovered beneath the waters.<\/p>\n

The God of Israel is Lord.<\/p>\n

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LET US PRAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lord of hosts, fight for the faithful as You did at Gibeon.<\/p>\n

In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time itself pauses when the Lord commands the light. The shadows have no place to hide as the heavens yield to a man\u2019s voice. Darkness is delayed, the decree is final, and the victory is inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[794],"tags":[970,972,845,973,971,967,968,974,969],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional","tag-battle-of-gibeon","tag-biblical-history","tag-devotional","tag-divine-victory","tag-faith-in-action","tag-joshua-10","tag-miracles-of-god","tag-power-of-prayer","tag-spiritual-authority"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3113"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3126,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3113\/revisions\/3126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gobeyondlocal.com\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}