Friday, March 11, 2016

March 12, 2016

God fights for you!

He fights for you with His presence and He also fights for you with His power.

Granted it's hard to separate God's power from His presence so when I say He fights for you with His power it's like saying God fights for you squared!

As Joshua prepares to relinquish his leadership role he reminds them of how God used His power to fight for them.

"After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man, summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old. You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you. Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west. The Lord your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the Lord your God promised you."  “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised." Joshua 23:1-5; 9-10

The reason God's power is such an essential is because His people were powerless against Pharaoh in Egypt. And they were powerless to cross the Red Sea or the Jordan River or to march against Jericho.

But He brought them out and brought them through and brought them but His power!

Joshua 1:11 – “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you for your own.’”

Are you ready for God’s power in your life?

Joshua 3:5 – "Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you."

Are you consecrated to receive God’s power?

Joshua 4:23 – "For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over."

Joshua 6:6-7 – "So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord and have seven priests carry trumpets in front of it.”  And he ordered the army, “Advance! March around the city, with an armed guard going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”

Do you believe God has given you something better?

Joshua 23:9-10 - “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you. One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised."

Can you imagine yourself chasing a 1,000?

FOUR WORDS:

GOD - Your personal powerful Father
FIGHTS - Opposes, resists, defeats and destroys the enemy
FOR - In behalf of, because of
YOU - Are you a "you"?

God's power fights for you for the purpose of allowing you to enjoy His presence!