Our God Is A Great Warrior (Joshua 10:1-11) Series

And he killed more of them, than all the Israelites put together.

AJ began this chapter by describing the Gibeonites as "warriors." The Israelites were then described as "great warriors." If this is true, then what is Yahweh? Yahweh is The Great Warrior.

Most of you, if I asked you to describe God, would say that God is all-powerful. It'd be one of the first things you'd say. But I think, if you're honest, God's power is a doctrine that's head knowledge for you. It's something you view as true in theory, but in real life? I'm not so sure. God's power is for other people. It's not something you view as relevant to you.

Instead of talking about Yahweh as being all-powerful, consider this: Consider talking about God as being The More Powerful One.

You hear this, and you maybe think, more powerful than who? More powerful than what? And if/when you ask that question, you are well on your way to thinking biblically.

Yahweh is more powerful than the Amorite kings.

He's more powerful than Satan.

He's more powerful than any of his enemies.

He's more powerful than us.

It's not that no one else in the world has any power. Yahweh doesn't have "all" the power. But no one else can compete. No one can stand against God.

Our God Yahweh is a Warrior. He is the one who fights for his people. He's up in the heavens, throwing hail stones the size of what-- cars? houses?-- at the fleeing Amorites. (How big do hail stones have to be, to kill (lightly armored?) warriors?)

I can picture Yahweh, winding up in heaven, giving the warriors just a little lead time, and then throwing the hail as hard he can.

And Yahweh killed more Amorites by hail, than all those great warriors of Israel put together. Yahweh saved the Israelites a little something-- he let them swing their swords-- but Yahweh fights for his people. And Yahweh is the one who won this battle for his people.

To be honest, I think it's far more helpful to think about God as being a Warrior, or being The More Powerful One, than to talk about him being all-powerful. Why does it matter that God is strong? It matters because God fights for you. You don't need to fear anyone or anything, because Yahweh has your back. The God you serve, is the God who crushes his enemies. Who laughs at their feeble attempts to fight him. Who throws enormous hail stones to kill tens of thousands. This our God. And when you hear these stories about God, my prayer is that God would use them to encourage your faith, and your courage, and lead you to worship Him. God is a glorious Warrior, worthy of all our praise.

Finish with Psalm 2 or no?