Joshua 5:14-15 -“Neither,”
he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now
come.” Then Joshua fell face down 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 had
led the people over the Jordan River…and followed God’s instructions to circumcise
the children that had been born during their wanderings. He woke this morning…the fortified city of
Jericho staring back at him…and wondered just how God planned to give them this
city.
I have no
doubt that Joshua had plenty of faith to know that God had a plan…but perhaps his
earthly mind couldn’t help but set up battle scenarios…cause that how most of
us think. We want the pre-game details…the
full plan of how something is going down.
The only problem with that is….no faith is needed for that.
When Joshua
saw that soldier…who just happened to be God’s chief in command…he didn’t
recognize him…cause God had dressed him as an earthly soldier. Joshua had his “ah-hah
moment”…his “burning bush experience”… when the soldier told him not only who
he was…but that he was standing on holy ground.
How precious
that moment must have been to Joshua. He
was honored….and humbled….and terrified all in the same instant. His earthly mind
had to turn off any thought processes it had been processing…and his heart had
to open up to hear God’s message from this heavenly visitor. Because Joshua had
real faith…there was no delay in him hearing God’s message.
What a great
reminder that when our earthly thought processes begin to overthink God’s plan
in our life….God shows up with an experience that is so not earthly. In that moment…
he takes our thinking right out of the earthly realm…giving faith a whole new
perspective.
Father…thank
you for the reminder that real faith lets go of the earthly thoughts we try to
use to explain you. Forgive me for
limiting myself with only my own thoughts.
Help me to find a way to visit you on your holy ground…so you can expand
my visions of how you do things. Amen.
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