May it NOT be said of us, as it was in Daniel 9:13,'...all this calamity has come on us; yet we have NOT sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our iniquity and giving our attention to Your truth."
Awake, O sleepers, lift up your heads. Look to Him. Follow hard after Him that you may not be swept away by the torrents, that you can weather any storm. Like a life preserver for the soul is 'hope in God alone', not in man, government, reputation, country, money; allow no other thing to be your god, no other idol. He is enough and is holy and is to be treated as holy.
Awake, O sleepers, lift up your heads. Look to Him. Follow hard after Him that you may not be swept away by the torrents, that you can weather any storm. Like a life preserver for the soul is 'hope in God alone', not in man, government, reputation, country, money; allow no other thing to be your god, no other idol. He is enough and is holy and is to be treated as holy.
In 1 Samuel 7:3,"...Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, 'If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."
Are the steps that need to be taken today so different from these? Could this be what we need to hear and obey to not be overtaken by the enemy, the seen and unseen physical enemies and the seen and unseen spiritual enemies?
-Return to The Lord with all your heart.
-Remove the foreign gods and idols from among you.
-Direct your hearts to The Lord and serve Him alone.
In response to Samuel's instructions, "the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the Lord alone"(v. 4) and fasted and said, 'We have sinned against the Lord." (v. 6) As a result, when the Philistines, whom they feared, drew near to battle against Israel, "the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day and confused them so that they were routed before Israel." (v.10)
As we trust in Him alone, God can move in and suddenly take care of all that we fear, in ways that we could never even imagine. He is the God of the impossible.
Laying aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, (Heb. 12:1,2) and trust and serve Him alone.
Laying aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, (Heb. 12:1,2) and trust and serve Him alone.
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