Joshua 10:28-43
These imposing cities which are "great and walled up to heaven" (Deuteronomy 1:28) fall one after another. Their kings, their giants, all their inhabitants are irresistibly struck down by "Joshua and all Israel". Notice the constant repetition of this last expression. It reminds us of that indissoluble bond between Christ and His own. By virtue of this link we know that our enemies are also, and in the first instance, the Lord’s. No one can attack me without being involved with my Leader. By allowing Him to go first, I can only be victorious. Conversely, the battle is lost without Him. For that reason the Enemy tries to break my link, or communion, with my Saviour. He knows that without Him we can do nothing, even if we for our part often forget that fact (John 15:5). What triumph is recorded on this page! May there be in the record of my Christian life a similar list of victories won in secret with the Lord! Victory for the truth, victory for purity, victory over this or that temptation . . . Young man, young woman, you are particularly involved in warfare at your age. May you be included with those to whom the apostle John could write: "I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one" (1 John 2:13).