Whose Side Are You On?

Overview of the book of Joshua. In Joshua 5:13-15, the eponymous leader of the book of Joshua meets a heavenly figure. Joshua asks him, “Are you for us or our enemies?” He’s asking whose side the the leader of the Lord’s armies is on. This figure replies, “Neither.” And for us — we want God to just back up our plans, but he asks each of us instead whose side WE are on. Will we, in God’s power, choose to be on God’s side?