Pray the Word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

God for you. God's people have just taken the promised land. This is the

conclusion of the book of Joshua. They're looking back and the conclusion of

all that has happened is the Lord fought for you. I read that and I just think

about all the ways that at every single step in my life I see God fighting for

me. Working for my salvation. Ultimately, of course, in the gospel sending

his son Jesus to die on the cross and to rise from the grave. Talk about

fighting for me, fighting for you. Jesus has conquered sin and Satan and death

for us. We could just stop right there. But then even more so, how the

Lord and his love fought through my rebellion against him. Your rebellion

against him pursued us, opened our eyes by his spirit to his grace toward us,

has saved each of us from our sins and works for us, fights for us on a daily

basis, keeping us from sin, responding to our prayers. Oh, the thought that the

God of the universe fights for us, promising to be with us, to give us

strength, encourage, enjoy, and peace amidst all kinds of challenges, all kinds

of battles in this world. He is with us for his people, for all who trust in

him, who cling to him, who do all the things we prayed and Joshua, whichever 22

verse 5, who serve him with all their heart and soul and love him with all their

hearts, soul, mind and strength and cling to him and obey his commandments. The

beauty is that's only possible because God is working for us. It's only

possible. Life in God is only possible because God fights for us, works for us.

So that's the whole picture there in verse 3. The Lord your God has fought for

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