Whose side are YOU on?

Today I learned two lessons from reading a great book called, Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst.

Lysa Terkeurst quotes a few passages from Joshua 5 and 6. She relates the passage to two different thought patterns of how we should endure each day.

1) whose side are YOU on?
2) to TRUST God even when it seems the impossible

Lesson 1:
In Joshua 5:
13. ¶And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14. And he said, Nay; but as captain of the a host of the Lord am I now come...

Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? I was really moved by this because so many times in our life we come to a fork...what path or what side do I take? Sometimes it is really hard to make a decision..."do I go left or right." This has been really hard for me especially when it involves my family. When I read this, I was reminded, I do not have to juggle which one, I only need to go the path the Lord wants me on, even when the voices around you say the opposite. 

Lesson 2:
At this point, Joshua knows he must break down Jericho. How would it of felt if you were Joshua at this point: Here is this tall, tall, tall wall of a city...could he of thought (how are we suppose to take down the city with only bows and arrows?) 

I can really relate to this with many issues I am currently dealing with. The big question, How Lord? 

Joshua 6:
2. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

3. And ye shall a compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

4. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

5. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

When I continually ponder this story, I love Joshua's faith he had when it came to following but also his faith to lead his people to follow through with God's plan to crumble the city. If you were one of the ones that walked around the city, would you have questioned Joshua's motives at first? Or would of you been like Nephi (I will go and do right away)?

20. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that thea wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

21. And they utterly a destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Just as God said, the city fell. The impossible happened through God. What a great lesson to remember: when life or questions seem impossible to solve, God can DO the impossible.