Wed., 7/3/19 Devotion (Josh. 5:14b)

Today's encouragement comes from Joshua 5:14b, which says this:

"And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, 'What does my Lord say to His servant?’ "

God's servants do precisely what Joshua did here, as he was approached by the preincarnate Christ. We humble ourselves before Him, we worship Him, and we get our “marching orders” from Him. The Lord's answer to Joshua's question was interesting: "Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy," (v. 15).

*All* God asks us, His churched servants, to do is to “stand” in the perfect holiness and righteousness of His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. No “sandals” are required—since we draw all our spiritual nourishment *directly* through our *immediate* covenant connection to Him.

[Puritan quote of the day: "God works strangely. He brings order out of con-fusion, harmony out of discord.” —Thomas Watson, in, "All Things for Good"]