Christian Devotional – August 8, 2025

Begin Again, Day 10

Whose side are we on? Read Joshua chapter 5.

This may be one of my favorite conversations in the Bible. Joshua has been so focused on making sure that he was doing everything he was supposed to be doing. He understands the severity and the seriousness of the situation, and he comes face-to-face with this Warrior. Joshua asks the Warrior, “Whose side are you on? Are you on our side, or are you on our enemies side?”

It’s a question that we ask often to other people. We tell stories and explain what’s going on in our lives. We want people who are on our side. We want people to be rooting for us. We want people to stay focused on us and be trying to help us. All of that is great, except for the fact that that it doesn’t address the question of whose side are we on. This Warrior said, very clearly, I am on the Lord’s side. I’m not on your side. I’m not on your enemy’s side. I am on the Lord’s side.

When we are looking at our lives and what we’re trying to accomplish, we’re shouldn’t be trying to get people on our side. We need to be on the Lord’s side and fighting for him and his glory in everything that we do. That encourages other people to also be on the Lord’s side. As we rally people to the Lord’s side, we are able to push forward and accomplish so much more with so much more eternal purpose than if we were trying to rally people to our side. Are we seeking to encourage people to be on the Lord’s side, instead of our side?

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