Joshua did not let even one enemy warrior survive; he crippled their horses and burned their chariots. When the Israelites captured the cities, the kings and the people were completely destroyed. Joshua obeyed all of God’s commands, “and the Lord gave them victory over their enemies.”
Our fight is not against people but against “the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.”
Am I willing to obey God’s command and “fight” until every last enemy is defeated in my life or in the life of the person I am praying for? Or am I willing to settle for the enemy’s retreat for a season?
Joshua was a soldier until the end of his days. He was determined to fight the Lord’s battles to the end of his life. I think of Kathryn, who will be 105 this August. From time to time she says to me, “I don’t know why I’m still on this earth. . . I can’t see well . . . I can’t hear well.” I need to remind her again to be a “soldier” until the end of her days on this earth by being an intercessor for the lost and the back sliders . . . to ask God to bring someone across her path each day whose heart has been prepared by God to receive His Word! The Legacy is a field, white with harvest!
Only God knows how many days each of us will live on this earth. I want to live my life with a “Joshua attitude,” living each day fighting the good fight of faith . . . not just for my personal battles but for those God puts in my heart to pray for . . . for those He brings across my path to share Jesus and the work of the cross! Let’s be mighty women of God!
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