A Mighty Warrior Goes Before You

In the days of Israel's wandering in the wilderness, Moses would pray whenever the ark set out: "Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you" (Num 10:35). 

Though the Christian path takes us through wilderness areas, we, like Israel of old, do not go forth alone. The glorious Lord Jesus, the Divine Warrior, goes before us. "The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name" (Ex 15:3).

Jesus is mighty to save and he is committed to the victory of his cause from the depths of his heart: "The Lord goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes" (Isa 42:13).