The Jews have a legend that when their forefathers were saved from Egypt and the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea, the angels joined the songs of triumph sung by the Israeli's, and God said to the angels, "The Jews are men and can rejoice about their escape, but from you I expect more understanding. Are the Egyptians not also my creatures? Do I not love them, too? How do you fail to feel my sorrow about their tragic fate?"
Joshua 5:13 says, "And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand, and Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries."
If the one met by Joshua had been only a man, the answer could have been "I am for you" or "I am for your adversaries", or even "I am neutral". These are the only possible human responses to such a question. But the Being whom Joshua met was from the Lord and, therefore, when asked whether He was for or against Israel, gave an answer that is most unexpected and difficult to understand; "No". What does this "no" mean?
He came from a place where beings are not for or against, but where everyone and everything are understood, looked upon with pity and compassion, and loved with fire.
Where are those Christ-followers who live in the spiritual that the supernatural has become natural, because they have returned to their first love? No longer seeing through the eyes of a human, but through the eyes of God, loving all with fire, illuminating the presence of God through all that they do and say.
Arise generation of transformation, step outside of your comfort zone, and feel the emotions of your creator, seeing the world through His eyes. Walk through life with spiritual x-ray vision to see past the smile, the hardened shell to touch the very soul of a person.
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