On mission with God

I've been reading through the book of Joshua, and have just been amazed at God's power through Joshua. I think so many times we take the story of Jericho and because it was so long ago, we turn it into a fairy tale or something sparkly and distant, when the reality is that what happened at Jericho actually happened. Today I was just sitting back enjoying my headache and thinking about Jericho. With Trumpets and loud yelling the walls of Jericho were destroyed! No way man can do that on his own. I read on and learned how Joshua took over Ai and the rest of the region.

Yesturday I finished my reading for the day in Chapter 10. The second to last verse, verse 42 says: "All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel." I put down my Bible and asked, is the God of all fighting for me today? I went about my day with this question in mind and just couldn't wrap my mind around it. For some reason I couldn't see the question nor the answer. Nonetheless, I continued to ask myself, Is the God of all fighting for me today? My quick reasoning was, I have a relationship with God, I fight for the mission He's set on my heart like Joshua did, why wouldn't He fight for me?

It wasn't until today that I realized I had it all wrong. I read this verse again and noticed that "the Lord, the God of Israel, fought of Israel". Israel! God's chosen people! Israel was God's chosen people, it wasn't about Joshua it was about His people. God was fighting for His people. Today we are all God's chosen people because Christ died for all of us. If we are to be on mission with God, we need to set ourselves aside and believe that the Lord, the God of all, is fighting for His people. Of course we must have a relationship with God to partner with Him, but as far as the mission goes, God doesn't need us for anything, but He chooses to ALLOW us to be on mission with Him to fight for the salvation of HIS people! Even if it means blowing kazoos and holding up screaming babies at a wall, God WILL bring it down if that's what He wants. The trumpets and yelling were no more powerful than anything we have today, but yet God used them to bring down the walls of a city. If we are going to bring down the walls of this world and penetrate our community with the Gospel, we need to believe that God is fighting for those people, and will prevail, by nothing of our own, but by the power of God.

God isn't fighting for Luis Zamot, God is fighting for His people, because of that He chooses to use people like you and me to be on mission with Him like He chose Joshua, merely as a tool for His work.

So now the question isn't, is God fighting for me, nor is it, is God fighting for His people, but rather the question is, Can I believe today that God is fighting for His people? And, Can I believe that God will use me as a tool to be on mission with Him as He wins their souls?