Apostolic faith through submission to God

When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”
“Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord ‘s army.”
At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”
The commander of the Lord ‘s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told. (Joshua 5:13-15 NLT)

Now in those days it was the custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party. This publicly validated the transaction. (Ruth 4:7 NLT)

Removal of sandal and handing it to the other party is a way of Joshua acknowledging that he is weak, and wishes to surrender his
command and leadership to God

Less of us, and more of Him. Victory is in the Lords hand and not ours

We may not have to face physical walls like the walls of Jericho but we do face challenges and obstacles

Even though the methods which God proposed eg 7 days of marching + the people of Jericho were already afraid of them, Joshua resisted the temptation to follow his own way but instead followed Gods way wholeheartedly