Joshua saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword. There is no indication that the man looked in anyway unusual. Joshua asked whose side the man was on. The man replied neither, but that he was the commander of the Lord's army. There is an important point here. We find our meaning and our salvation when we look to God, and make Him the focus of our life. It is absolutely true that the Lord will help us in all sorts of ways, and above all He gave His life for us, but we need to adjust the focus of our life. We need to stop being self-centered and become Christ centered.
Joshua then recognised who the man was, or at least what he was, and asked what the Lord wanted. Clearly he realised that the man had come to give him instruction from God.
The man's first command was not to give him the word itself, but to tell him to take his sandals off for he was on holy ground. This is reminiscent of what was said to Moses at the burning bush. The circumstances are different, but the reality was the same. We need to prepare ourselves to hear from God.
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