Fall in Line Behind Your Warrior Captain

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the LORD’S army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so. Here in Joshua 5 we have a theophany. God appears to Joshua in the form of a man. This sermon is broken up into three parts: His greatness (Holiness), His worship and His demand. Does God join us or we join Him? Are we in our place? Is it about how God fits into our plans or how we fit into His plans? Who’s Captain and King? Do we exalt God enough as a Man of War?