Today’s
Feast
Oct.
5,
2015 – Judges 7
The
World or God?
Please
join with us sharing God’s Word daily. We will spend about
fifteen minutes a day praying and reading every word in God’s
Word in approximately three years.
“6
“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call
upon him while he is near;",
Isaiah
55:6,
English Standard Version (ESV).
Dear
Saints,
Today
we prayerfully Feast in Judges 7. “God chose the foolish things
of the world to confound the wise, a barley-cake to overthrow the
tents of Midian, that the excellency of the power might be of God
only. The gospel is a sword, not in the hand, but in the mouth:
the sword of the Lord and of Gideon; of God and Jesus Christ, of
Him that sits on the throne and the Lamb. The wicked are often led
to avenge the cause of God upon each other, under the power of
their delusions, and the fury of their passions. See also how God
often makes the enemies of the church instruments to destroy one
another; it is a pity that the church’s friends should ever act
like them.” Matthew
Henry’s Concise.
“20
Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars.
They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right
hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the
Lord and for Gideon!” 21 Every man stood in his place around the
camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled. 22 When they
blew the 300 trumpets, the Lord set every man’s sword against
his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as
Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah,
by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali
and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after
Midian.”
Judges
7:20-23
ESV. Did you notice that Gideon fully trusted God, enough to
readily accept the reduction of his army to 300 soldiers? We can
expect people to be so wise as to deem God’s Word as
foolishness. That’s why we have God’s Word to teach us that
His ways are not the ways of the world. To show God’s heart full
of love for mankind. However if anyone rejects God’s Word they
become fools. “5
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord,
with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who
said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”has shone in our
hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
Treasure
in Jars of Clay
7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the
surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
2
Corinthians 4:5-7,
ESV. It is a good thing to trust in God, we have peace that
surpasses that of the world. Though the world would deem what we
believe to be foolishness. Notice that trusting God or not
trusting in God appears to be foolish to adversaries. I however
would rather trust in God’s Word rather than that which the
world believes. “1
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They
are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there
is none who does good.
2
The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to
see if there are any who understand,
who
seek after God..“
Psalm
14:1-2,
ESV. Another thing I may want to ask myself is what offers more
the world or God? I already know from whence my blessings flow. “1
When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O LORD,
held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations
cheer my soul.”
Psalm
94:18-19,
ESV. So let’s continue to keep the first thing first. It is
salvation through the blood of Jesus.
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God
Bless You,
Brother
Mike
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Feast please feel free To write to me, I love your input at;
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Feast is intended to encourage Saints to pray and read every word
in the bible! Let me know if you have any questions or comments,
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You!
“In
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