Josh
23:13
Know for a certainty that the Lord your God
will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes,
until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
Joshua
warns the people of God that if they begin to compromise and join with those
who do not serve the Lord, the Lord will not drive out their enemies before
them. The Lord loves to fight for us but
He expects us to know which side of the battle we are on. We cannot expect God to fight our enemies
when we join with them as if they are our allies. They will be snares and traps to us. They will be thorns in our eyes and we can
lose the inheritance the Lord has for us if we mistakenly or rebelliously
embrace the very things the Lord wants to drive out of our lives. The Lord fight for us, yes, but He will step
back and allow the consequences of our actions to come forth when we do not position
ourselves in opposition to the things He is fighting.
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