God will provide what we need, when we need it, but it often won’t be what we expect.
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It’s been said that you go to war with the army you have, not necessarily the army you think you need or want. In the battles of everyday life, we can always point to the things we don’t have that would make life easier.
But would they?
As a self-governing people, we must learn to see the value in what we have – in what has been provided for us – and move forward in faith.
One of my favorite examples of this is found in the sixth and seventh chapters of Judges. We read how the people of God were preparing to attack their enemies; the Israeli force was 20,000 strong against an even larger opponent. But, still, it was an impressive force that had been assembled by the Israelites’ military leader, Gideon.
Gideon had faith the Israelites would achieve victory, but he had to see that it would be on God’s terms. more
“Not by might nor by power but by my spirit” says the Lord of hosts, Zechariah 4:6.
A sleeper cell of people you know, that attacks a confident enemy in plain view, and by surprise, is a potent army of few in numbers.
…when God’s people fight in His favor, their strength of arms can’t be measured in numbers. At Michmash, two once stood against an army…
…and won.
‘Jonathan’s Bold Attack (1 Samuel 14:1-23) October 27
Saul’s son Jonathan recruits his armor-bearer for a courageous attack on a group of Philistines. He has faith that God can back them up, and asks God to reveal through specifically requested circumstances whether He will, in fact, do so. The two men kill 20 Philistines, sending panic throughout the Philistine ranks, which is aggravated by an earthquake. The rest of Saul’s army discovers that Jonathan is missing, and that the Philistines are in disarray and retreat, and begins to pursue them. They are joined by Hebrews who were already in the Philistine camp, probably as mercenaries or volunteers trying to get in good with the occupational forces (not unlike what David pretended to do in 1 Samuel 27), and by others who were hiding in the caves and rocks nearby (verses 21-22; 13:6).’
http://bible.ucg.org/bible-commentary/1-Samuel/Jonathan-defeats-the-Philistines/
…God tells us in His word to trust in Him. However large the enemy makes themselves seem, our Lord is larger…
“Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Joshua 1:9
The enemy is not mightier than the Lord, if only we can turn to Him.
Our own strength is insufficient, but His can defeat all…
“1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.”
Psalm 5:1-12
God Bless,
SNS
…interestingly, a WWI British general found himself in the area much later while facing a bunch of Islamic Turks, and used his Bible to resolve the situation in his favor as well…
https://vimeopro.com/eaglemountainchurch/70th-anniversary-for-israel/video/266488573
God is good…
…ALL the time…
A timely reminder. Thank you for posting this, MJA.
Great post and scripture. God’s people, patriots, and conservatives need to get involved in our govt. At the schoolboards, city councils, etc to battle as well. We can not allow these attack on our society and our children to continue.
“The Truth will set you free”
-Jesus said it in John 8:32.
Where John speaks of a higher form of knowledge that is capable of being learned in a classroom.
“The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.”
(Runyon)
Not being irreverent – God’s gifts are often disguised – or at least, unnoticed and unappreciated at the time.
izlamo delenda est …
Gods pretty busy right now. How about giving him a little help and get off your lazy ass and start training
I pray every day that Christians in America fall on our knees and repent for allowing the left to remove him from our society. We let that happen and need to ask God’s forgiveness and turn away from our sin of negligence (the definition of repentance).
We then need to ask God to save us as we work to replace him to his proper place in our society and to defeat the left.
This is modeled to us from the Old Testament in the Bible. How many times did Israel turn from God with disastrous consequences only to be saved when they repented and begged God for mercy? He answered their prayers by defeating their enemies, sometimes with their help and sometimes by his glorious might alone.
God, save us.
Claudia — How many times did God’s people turn from God, cry out for mercy, receive it, and repeat? If one had to write the main theme of the Bible, that would be it, wouldn’t it?
I’m with you! Either you believe that God means what he says about faith, repentence, and obedience or you don’t. There’s no middle ground. How many who prayed for our country’s deliverance have made a concerted effort to live a Godly life in the interim? We continue to try to live like the Israelites of the Old Testament, don’t we; believing God is a kind of mystical Santa Claus who gives us what we want because we are good.
It’s been often noted that we have a nation of unappreciative ingrates.
But just how do you convince people of this, when they don’t even believe in the Source of those gifts, as well as life itself?
“Claudia — How many times did God’s people turn from God, cry out for mercy, receive it, and repeat? If one had to write the main theme of the Bible, that would be it, wouldn’t it?”
Yes. But generations were destroyed in the interim. ALL the Jews got carried off to Babylon (except the “remnant”) – not just the guilty. It (surely) wasn’t ALL the Jews who planted Oak Groves and deviated their worship, was it? Belial, Moloch, Baal, Mammon, Beelzebub, weren’t universally embraced.
Mercy comes at a price. He is a jealous God! And doesn’t take rejection lightly.
We (Americans) have turned our faces from God and embraced (for example) abortion, depravity, ignorance, despair, incipient nihilism, just about all of the “deadly” sins, greed, ambition, vanity, pride, indolence, and a secularized “religion” that is fundamentally irreligious – the Pope, himself, doesn’t appear to believe in God!
From the state of the world, I’m guessing that God is pissed.
I’m also guessing that there won’t be some painless cataclysmic rectification.
izlamo delenda est …
Amen Claudia, I believe PDJT is a messenger from God sent to initiate a time of repentance and redemption.
Our country and culture has been completely subsumed by Satan. All manner of demons run rampant, Demonrats hate God and all believers.
The global cabal has sown the seeds of Satan in this country beginning with the industrial revolution that established the global cabal.
The core of who we are and every edifice that makes America great has been eaten away by Lucifer and replaced with the most vile lies, murder, and perversions.
This country is literally at the precipice of the end times. I think God is allowing PDJT to postpone this for a couple of generations so we may find him again and turn away from the devil,
Cisco Kid, I wholeheartedly agree! Amen and amen.
Well in my own perverse way, I found “…..I’m also guessing that there won’t be some painless cataclysmic rectification.” perfectly invigorating. I do not know how to pray well but I do try every day. Can’t say that I ever believed the “rectification” would be painless…. (especially for me) but I will continue asking for God’s forgiveness…. Mercy is the better term as I am sure I do not want “justice”.
God Bless all here.