#614 – Are You on God's Side? (Joshua 5:13–14)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 15 April 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
May we keep from thinking that this life is primarily about us. God teach us to pray according to Your will. Help us to seek Your will above all else.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. |
| 0:06.0 | Joshua chapter 5 verses 13 and 14 |
| 0:09.7 | when Joshua was by Jericho he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold a man was standing before |
| 0:16.1 | him with his drawn sword in his hand. |
| 0:20.1 | And Joshua went to him and said to him, Are you for us or for our adversaries? |
| 0:25.8 | And he said, no. |
| 0:28.2 | But I am the commander of the Army of the Lord. |
| 0:31.6 | Now I have come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and |
| 0:36.7 | worshipped and said to him, What does my Lord say to his servant? |
| 0:41.5 | Oh, get the picture here. |
| 0:45.0 | Like Josh was about to lead the people of God under the first major battle in the |
| 0:49.4 | promised land in the city of Jericho. |
| 0:52.1 | So he's off by himself at this point. He lifts up his eyes and |
| 0:55.7 | looks and there's a guy there with a sword drawn in his hand. So Joshua asked the |
| 1:01.7 | obvious question, are you for my side or for their side? |
| 1:07.0 | For us or for our adversaries. |
| 1:09.0 | And I love the response. |
| 1:11.0 | The response is not, I'm for you or I'm for your adversaries. The response is, I'm for the |
| 1:18.0 | Lord. I'm the commander of the Army of the Lord, to which Joshua falls on his face and says, |
| 1:27.0 | Okay, what message do you have for me? |
| 1:30.0 | This is so key. |
| 1:31.0 | Oh, I love this. |
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