It is often said G-D is on my side, and together we make the majority.
What if that is not true, what if G-D is not on sides, but that He may have His own pursuits ( you know King of the universe might have His own plan for things) what if He is not a respecter of persons?
Here we see that Joshua, may have been thinking sides, but was answered no.
Commander of the Lord’s Army
Joshua 5:
13When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshipedc and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
Here we can see in real time, as the great man Moses; worn by the stress of leadership, and the constant, us against them atmosphere; stumbles and said “must we”, and hit the rock (like he did before) instead of speaking to the rock, as G-D had instructed him.
The Water of Meribah
8“Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink.”
9So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; 10and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “Listen now, you rebels; must we bring forth water for you out of this rock?” 11Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. 12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” 13Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them.
Maybe we should be sure; to remove our own known sins,
so we can be able to be walk with G-D.
Psalm 80:
14Return, we beseech thee, O God of the hosts: look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine 15and the vineyard which thy right hand has planted and the branch that thou didst make strong for thyself. 16It is burned with fire; it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou didst make strong for thyself, 18so we will not go back from thee. Thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19Turn us again, O LORD God of the hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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