It’s instructive for me. I know I can often think about what are my plans or what’s my vision, or what’s the plans or vision for my life, or for the church. And you may think the same, and then we want to ask that the Lord would bless those plans. Well, that’s good to do. But how often do we stop and slow down and try to think, well, “Lord, what are you doing?” It’s hard, it’s imperfect, we don’t always know. His providential ways can be mysterious. Lord, what battles are You fighting? Where are You advancing? Where are you moving forward? What are you wanting to do? Lord, what are Your priorities?
It may be helpful for you to think in your life, just a simple prayer to ask the Lord before you set out what all of your plans and ambitions may be and then say, “Lord, would you come and bless me?” maybe stop and say, “Lord, what are You doing? What do You want to do? Because where You’re going I want to go, what You fight I want to fight, where You don’t fight I don’t want to go. You are the commander of the armies of the Lord and You will win the battle and it is my privilege to but be in the rear guard with You.”
This clip is part of the sermon “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho?” delivered by Dr. Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on September 22, 2024.