Captain of the Host of Israel -- 3 March 2014

I came across a wonderful story in the Scriptures the other day. In Joshua 5.

Joshua had just arrived at Jericho when suddenly:

and, behold, there stood a ^aman over against him with his sword drawn in his hand

So, naturally, what do you do when you see a guy staring at you with a sword in his hand?

and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

Naturally, you walk up to him and ask him which army he's in. He responds

And he said, Nay

In other words, "I'm not a member of any army."

but as captain of the ^ahost of the Lord am I now come.

Wait... what? 

but as captain of the ^ahost of the Lord am I now come.

In other words, "My name is Jehovah, and I'm here to lead you to victory."

Remember a few weeks ago when we talked about believing Christ? Trusting him that He would fulfill His promises. Well, Joshua marches up to Jericho, and who's standing there with a sword, ready to "fight his battles for you"? Christ. It was really cool to find scriptural evidence of Christ really being there for us. Not just in a "sit back and watch you work and give you some help every once in awhile" kind of way. But in an active way. Dressing up, grabbing his sword,  and working. Christ makes all the difference.

p.s. Wouldn't it be so cool to see Christ ready for battle? We always picture him in a robe, the sword image made Him that much cooler. 

This week was good. Zone conferences finished up... And that's pretty much what we did this week.

Anyway, this one was really fast and sloppy.

Peace, love, and temple marriage. In that order!

Elder Hill