John Bradshaw - Check With God First
The moral of the story is, check with God first. Right after the incredible victory at Jericho, scouts told Joshua it wouldn't be necessary for him to send a large army to Ai, as the people there would be a pushover.
"So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai." Joshua 7:4.
You're offered a great job, you take it, right? You meet the man of your dreams, you marry him, right? The tickets are cheap, so you take that vacation, right? Well all too often that's just what people do, when it would have been better to first check and see what God wants. He may well want exactly what you want, but maybe not, and you need to give God the chance to tell you that.
Get into the habit of submitting your plans to God, when you do, you will see much more of His blessing. I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written.