Micah and I have been reading through the book of Joshua in our morning devotional time for school. I have really been struck by the parallels between the conquering of Caanan and our own spiritual warfare as we fight the flesh and the old nature.
In Joshua 11, a coalition of kings comes against Israel to fight. God assures Joshua of victory in the battle . In addition to fighting and conquering the attacking kings, Joshua turns and attacks Hazor. Verse 10 says "Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms." Joshua knew that it wasn't enough to establish victory in the fruit of the problem. If he wanted to permanently hold the land, he needed to destroy the head.
I think I miss this often, and attack the fruit of the issue rather than dealing with the ruling sin that produced the issue.
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