"My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:2
My friend and I are studying the book of Joshua, and we came upon an interesting verse; Joshua 15:63 says, "As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day." Reading up to this point, the children of Israel had great victories ridding the land of its enemies, and yet for some reason, they didn't rid their land of the Jebusites.
Why not?
Walvoord & Zuck make this comment, "Was it that the men of Judah 'could not' or that they 'would not' remove them from their land? Was the failure because of lack of strength, or a lack of faith?"
Good question.
Is there sin that is always a few feet away from me and lingers because I don't have the strength or energy to deal with it, or don't I have the faith to completely rid it entirely from my life? Do I like it sticking around? Maybe I don't really identify it as sin, maybe it's just a bad habit? Maybe I don't believe it really hinders or hurts my Christian walk?
Or does it?
I just read in Number 5 that the Lord told Moses to command the children of Israel to remove all unclean things from their camp, and they did.
Sin should never take up residence near, or in a Christian's dwelling place.
I like Guzik's comment concerning Joshua 15:63. Guzik writes, "Yet no matter how hard the struggle, with God's promise and God's help, God's people can triumph. There was no good excuse as to why this city had to stay in Canaanite hands until the time of David." 2 Samuel 5:6-10
God is ever faithful and ever true. He goes before us in the battle.
Jesus conquered and defeated all sin on the cross!
His resurrection secured our victory!
So rid your camp of all sin...
It's not by our strength...
It's all Jesus...
But that's just me!
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