Before the Israelites passed over into the Promised Land en route to enter into battle, the Lord God cleared a path for them by parting the Jordan River in Joshua chapter four. When word of this event reached the Amorites, the opposition was shaking in their boots.
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the Jordan side westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 5:1 (KJV)
Due to Israel under Joshua's leadership making the proper strategic move of going westward towards the Amorites, the morale of the opposition was destroyed. From a military standpoint, the right strategy ensures that the morale of the troops will be whipped up into a frenzy. However, the opposite of this statement is true as well. When a leader makes the wrong military decision, then the morale of the troops are crushed.
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