There’s a moment in Joshua 5 when Joshua meets an angel of the Lord and asks, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” The angel’s response is simply, “No. I have come as commander of the army of the Lord.”
I feel the fear of the Lord every time I read it. It’s a sobering reminder that God does not exist to validate my sides, my camps, or my causes. Rather, I was created to co-labor with Him to see His will, His ways, and His truth lived out on earth.
That calling often requires both speaking and acting, while never forgetting that the battle, the timing, and the methods belong to Him. I’ve learned that as a planner, my instinct is to understand the purpose and then create the path to get there. That can be good and helpful, but it becomes a problem when I become more committed to my steps than to the purpose itself.
More than ever, I feel the deep desire to listen and to learn. Not to receive every voice, but to grow in discernment and be willing to see anything I may have previously been blind to. To sit at the feet of Jesus, stay in lockstep with Holy Spirit, remain deeply grounded in Scripture, and listen to what my Father has to say, adjusting my steps accordingly.
The question should never be whether He is on my side, but whether I am on His. My posture is not to recruit God to my plans, but to yield to His. I want to be found in the secret place every morning, reporting for duty and receiving my orders, laying down how I think it should look and picking up His strategy as we work together to accomplish His purpose.
Father, I repent of the times I’ve placed my plans above Yours and then called it Your will. Help me never assume You are captured by any human agenda. Keep my heart humble and aligned with Yours. Thank you for the mind of Christ. Help me remain faithful and obedient. May my words reflect Yours and my actions be a response to Your voice alone.
Grace Waves 