Part 3: Trust and Obey
In this chapter of Joshua, God’s people were wondering how they were going to defeat a city full of warriors that was surrounded by a wall. All they needed to know is that God would fight for them. Our job, like theirs, isn’t to win the battle; it’s simply to trust and obey Him.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
