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The Battle is The Lord’s
By Ern Sheong | January 11, 2010
It has been reported that there were another 2 arson attempts on a church and a school in Taiping. In Malacca, an outer wall of a church was splashed with black paint. More here.
Just because the school’s name is SMK Convent.
A friend brought to my attention Joshua 5:13-15:
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”
15 The commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
There is a good commentary on this, albeit long. Joshua saw the battle that he was about to face as his battle, rather than the Lord’s battle. He was asking the Man (Allegedly the preincarnate Christ. In NKJV “man” in the NIV version was stated as “Man” with the capital M, and the commentary notes that if this man were an angel he would have refused worship.) to pledge His allegiance to him by asking “Are you for us or for our enemies?” But the real Commander of the Army of the LORD, Jesus, has now come. It is His battle. He reminds Joshua that the battle belongs to Him.
With this assurance, we can be rest assured of God’s powerful presence and provision, even amidst these attacks. But as we serve Him in many areas, we must remind ourselves that we are not the ones who own this Battle.
The Battle is the Lord’s.
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