And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, BRING FORTH THE MEN THAT ARE COME TO THEE, WHICH ARE ENTERED INTO THINE HOUSE: FOR THEY BE COME TO SEARCH OUT ALL THE COUNTRY.
Joshua 2:1-3
The king of Jericho did the right thing to seek out the spies who had come to the house of Rahab. He knew that the presence of these enemies spelt his doom. And he was right! A good general is aware of conspiracies of all kinds and fights them continually. He develops a strong network of intelligence using his loyal people.
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Spies and conspirators are real. You may criticize someone who teaches against those who forget, those who pretend and those who are disloyal. You may criticise someone who teaches against those who leave you. Such teachings seek out and expose those who do not really belong to you.
It causes the disloyal to be exposed and vulnerable. Inappropriately positioned people can turn against you. You can dislodge conspirators by the re-positioning of troops and commanders. Transferring people within the church is the way to re-position troops and commanders. Conspiracies need time and planning with familiar faces. The changing of the jobs and the transferring of people destroys the plots and the plans of hidden enemies.
Fight conspiracies through the teaching of loyalty. Fight deception in the ranks by teaching against those who forget, those who pretend and those who conspire. Fight conspiracies by marking quiet people who don’t speak their minds and those who are not open. Fight back by watching and taking note of people’s bodily language. Watch out for those who do not speak much and claim that they are quiet by nature. Don’t trust them! Watch out for those who chat happily with others but are quiet in your presence.
Watch out for those who look extra respectful in your presence. They are probably pretending and have a lot of negative thoughts and ideas in their heads. Don’t be surprised if such people leave you. “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us” (1 John 2:19).
Do not naively assume that everyone loves you. Many people stay in their position because they have nowhere else to go and not because they love you. Constantly searching, probing and questioning in such a way that exposes hidden disloyalty is important. Those who assume that all is well will only be surprised. To fight a good fight and to war a good warfare, you must constantly seek out disloyal people and strip them of their coverings.
Spies in Britain
During the Second World War, the German army launched a spying campaign against Britain in which they sent several spies to England to gather intelligence and perform other sabotaging military duties. Some of these spies entered England by swimming out of submarines, and some of them were secretly parachuted into England.
Part of this group of spies entered as refugees whilst others simply entered the country as individuals with false passports. But the British army knew about this campaign and actively sought out these spies who had infiltrated the country. Their search for these spies was so successful that none of the German spies escaped. Records after the war proved that the British captured all spies who were sent into England.
Upon capture, these agents were doomed as they were to be imprisoned and executed. But the British military offered them a chance to become double agents and turn against their own country. Most of the spies accepted the offer to work for the British, rather than to be executed. Through these captured spies, the British intelligence were able to determine what information the German military wanted. They were also able to actively mislead the Germans by feeding them with outdated, useless and false information.
Capturing these German spies and turning them against their masters proved to be crucial in the Second World War. Through these double agents, the British deceived the Germans about where exactly they would invade Europe. The Germans believed the deception and stationed most of their forces in the wrong places, allowing the British to invade Europe with much less resistance. Also, when the Germans launched special V-1 bombing attacks, the British made the captured spies report that the bombs had fallen at the wrong places. This made the Germans redirect their bombs away from the expected targets in London. Many lives were saved because the bombs were misdirected away from Central London.
Seeking out spies and enemies from your midst, indeed can save you and give you victory in any war.
Excerpt from The Good General by Dag Heward-Mills