The Sun Stood Still

Joshua 10:12-14 relates one of the most amazing miracles of all time-the day the sun  stood still. "On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the  Lord in the presence of Israel: 'Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the  Valley of Aijalon.' So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged  itself on its enemies.... The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going  down about a full day. There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when  the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!" God  miraculously provided twenty-four hours of light to aid Israel in destroying their enemy,  the Amorites. 

God performed a stupendous miracle, causing the sun to delay its "setting." God  stopped the motion of the earth. There are objections to this explanation, based on  the physics of motion, but the God who created the world and established natural  laws is perfectly capable of compensating for any collateral complications. We may  not have a scientific explanation of how God performed this miracle, but He did. Joshua described the miracle just as we might describe it, from an earth-bound  perspective. From the perspective of someone standing on the earth, it does appear  that the sun moves. We ourselves commonly speak of "sunrise" and "sunset"; it is the  way we express ourselves. 

While we may not fully understand how this "long day" occurred, a miracle does not  have to be scientifically proven —just accepted. Joshua prayed, and God  supernaturally provided the light necessary for Joshua's army to win its battle. The lengthened day was indeed unlike anything ever seen, but in Joshua's mind the  greater miracle may just have been that God listened to him and answered such an  amazing prayer.