“IT WAS THE LORD’S DOING!”

 Joshua 11:20                       (ESV)

“For “IT WAS THE LORD’S DOING” to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order THAT THEY SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO DESTRUCTION and should receive NO MERCY but be destroyed, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”

The Sunday School lesson this Sunday was entitled GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES focusing on Joshua 11:16-21.  I couldn’t “get past” Joshua 11:20!  “IT WAS THE LORD’S DOING” would NOT leave my mind, so I decided I would “dig” a little bit and SEE with what THE LORD was trying to enlighten me?

While it is true that Joshua led the CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, it is very important to remember that THE LORD was the ONE WHO told Moses (Deuteronomy 20:16-17) to “save alive NOTHING that breathes” and “you shall devote to them to TOTAL DESTRUCTION”!!!

When ALMIGHTY GOD has a PURPOSE to be COMPLETED, it WILL BE COMPLETED!  The PURPOSE and PLAN of GOD NEVER alters, even when “a man after HIS OWN heart” (1 Samuel 13:14) has been CHOSEN to serve HIM!  GOD uses the ”weakness” of that servant to accomplish HIS PURPOSE (Matthew 1:6-7)!  

GOD still uses imperfect people to accomplish HIS PLAN!  NONE of us are perfect, so we all QUALIFY to serve HIM!  But we MUST remember “IT WAS THE LORD’S DOING”, that is the only way our battles are