Joshua 5.13 - “With God on our Side”

Joshua 5.13 - “With God on our Side”?

Back in the 1960’s Bob Dylan wrote a song that surveys the military history of one nation, but it speaks to all nations. He could have been singing about God’s Israel as recorded in Judges. In our text today we see Israel brazenly flaunt God’s Laws in His Name! Today God does not have a political state. Rather, His children inhabit every nation on earth. And, sadly, many of our nations and tribes still proudly believe God will unquestioningly side with them and oppose those with whom they disagree, thus leaving unquestioned the morality of their wars and atrocities. During the heat of the US Civil War, the President was asked whether God was on their side. He replied, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right” Abraham Lincoln.