Monday, May 2, 2011

Who is Your Leader?

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
“Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?” The commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
(Joshua 5:13-15)

While it is great to boast of the strongest army or the most powerful weapons and intelligence, it is even greater to know that God is fighting for you! As a nation celebrates a military victory, I wonder how many are giving credit to the Lord of Hosts?

Jehovah Sabaoth is the Strong Tower which God has made available for those times when we fail & are powerless, when our resources are inadequate, when there is no other help. And it is especially during those times that one comes to appreciate that God is truly the LORD of the armies & of all hosts.

Who is he, this King of glory? The LORD Almighty— he is the King of glory.Psalm 24:10)

Boast in Jesus, not weapons and armies!

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