Five Steps for Fighting the Lord's Battles

Aim: To apply scripture principles for life to our daily battles.

Exegesis:
We must behold our divine leader (v. 13a). We see Him near the battle site; we see Him always above us; we see Him powerfully armed. We must meet our divine leader (vv. 13b-14a). This requires courage from us and humility in us. We must worship our divine leader (v. 14b), which is never appropriate for angels, but which is always appropriate for God. We must submit to our divine leader (v. 14c). ''What does my Lord say to His servant?'' is the right attitude for us to have, and the right question for us to ask. We must obey our divine leader (v. 15), even when the order seems strange, and even when it has been done before.

Key verse: v. 14 ''So He said, 'No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.' And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, 'What does my Lord say to His servant?'''