First, Take Off Your Sandals
Joshua 5:15
Joshua 5:14b (ESV)
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
Joshua 5:15 (ESV)
And the commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
1. How do you recognize God’s presence?
Exodus 3:4b–5 (ESV)
God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
James 4:8a (ESV)
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
Exodus 3:5b (ESV)
“take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
2. How ready are you to trust?
Joshua 1:5 (ESV)
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Joshua 5:14b (ESV)
And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”