Judges 7
LORD tells Gideon to reduce armyverses 1-3
Then Jerubbaal – who is Gideon and all the people that were with him
rose up early – and pitched beside the well of Harod
so that the host of the Midianites were on the
north side of them by the hill of Moreh
in the valley
And the LORD
said to Gideon
The people that are with you are TOO MANY for ME
to give the Midianites into their hands
lest Israel vaunt themselves
against ME saying
Mine own hand has saved me
Now therefore go to – proclaim in the ears of the people
saying
Whosoever is fearful and afraid
let him return and depart early from mount Gilead
And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand
and there remained ten thousand
LORD wants Gideon to reduce army againverses 4-6
And the LORD said to Gideon
The people are yet TOO MANY
Bring them down unto the water – and I will try them for you there
and it shall be – that of whom I say to you
This shall go with you – the same shall go with you
and of whomsoever I say to you
This shall not go with you
the same shall not go
So he brought down the people to the water
and the LORD said to Gideon
Every one that laps of the water with his tongue – as a dog laps
him shall you set by himself
Likewise every one that bows down
upon his knees to drink
And the number of them that lapped
putting their hand to their mouth
were three hundred men
BUT all the rest of the people
bowed down upon their knees to drink water
Gideon now has an army of 300verses 7-8
And the LORD
said nto Gideon
By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you
and deliver the Midianites into your hand
and let all the other people go every man to his place
So the people took victuals in their hand – and their trumpets
and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent
and retained those three hundred men
and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley
LORD sends Gideon into enemies campverses 9-11
And it came to pass the same night
that the LORD said to him
Arise – get thee down to the host
For I have delivered it into your hand
BUT IF you FEAR to go down
go you with Phurah your servant down to the host
and you shall hear what they say
And afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down
to the host
THEN went he down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the host
Gideon listens to soldiers dreamverses 12-13
And the Midianites and the Amalekites
and all the children of the east lay along
in the valley like grasshoppers for multitudes
and their camels were without number
as the sand by the seaside for multitude
And when Gideon was come – BEHOLD
there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow
and said
Behold – I dreamed a dream – and
Lo – a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian
and came unto a tent – and smote it that it fell
and overturned it – that the tent lay along
Fellow soldier interprets dreamverse 14
And his fellow answered
and said
This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash
a man of Israel – FOR into his hand has God delivered
Midian and all the host
Gideon worships LORDverses 15-16
And it was so – when Gideon heard the telling of the dream
and the interpretation thereof – that he WORSHIPED
and returned into the host of Israel
and said Arise – FOR the LORD has delivered
into your hand the host of Midian
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies
and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand
with empty pitchers and lamps within the pitchers
Gideon tells army battle planverses 17-18
And he said to them
Look on me – and do likewise – and – BEHOLD
when I come to the outside of the camp – it shall be that
as I do – so shall you do – when I blow with a trumpet
I and all that are with me
then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all
the camp – and say
The sword of the LORD and of Gideon
Midnight Gideon put plan into actionverses 19-20
So Gideon – and the hundred men that were with him
came unto the outside of the camp
in the beginning of the middle watch
and they had but newly set the watch
and they blew the trumpets
and break the pitchers that were in their hands
And the three companies blew the trumpets – and brake the pitchers
and held the lamps in their left hands
and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal
and they cried
The sword of the LORD and of Gideon
Midianite army fought with each otherverses 21-22
And they stood every man in his place round about the camp
and all the host ran – and cried – and fled
And the three hundred blew the trumpets
and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow
even throughout all the host
and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath
and to the border of Abel-meholah to Tabbath
Gideon calls rest of tribes to help in the chaseverses 23-24
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of
Naphtali – Asher – all Manasseh – and pursued after the Midianites
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim
saying
Come down against the Midianites
and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan
THEN all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together
and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan
Two commanders of Midianitesverse 25
And they took two princes of the Midianites – Oreb and Zeeb
and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb
and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb
and pursued Midian
and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to
Gideon on the other side of Jordan
COMMENTARY:
DAILY SPIRITUAL BREAKFAST: Young Believers
: 2 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel, vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand has saved me. (6286 “vaunt” [pa’ar] means to gleam, embellish, to boast, or glorify self)
DEVOTION: How many churches say that they have too many people? Is bigger always better? Here we have an army of 32,000 going against an army of 135, 000. The numbers don’t match at all. The LORD tells Gideon that there are too many soldiers. HE commands him to reduce the number.
So first, Gideon tells all those who are afraid to go home. Twenty two thousand soldiers went home. Next the LORD says that ten thousand are too many. The second step to reduce was for Gideon to ask all the soldiers to go down to the water and drink water. Those who drank in the wrong way were sent home. Now the army is only three hundred.
Why would God want to reduce an already weak army? The numbers were uneven and still the LORD told him to reduce. The reason was that if the numbers were even uneven they would think that they had a victory by their own hands. They would think that they didn’t need the LORD. The LORD didn’t want this thought to even enter their minds God says that the children of Israel would think they had defeated this army. Therefore, HE reduced the army to 300 men to defeat an army of 135,000 men. Impossible!!!! Gideon thought so and God told him to go into the camp of the Midianites to listen to what they had to say.
Once he heard the dream of a soldier in the Midianite army and the interpretation, he was ready for battle. The battle cry was “The sword of the LORD and Gideon.” He put the LORD first. The army put the LORD first. Once they realized that the LORD was the reason for the victory, HE could give them victory.
Can God do the impossible?? YES!!! With God in the battle there is victory. HE is in every battle we fight when we are in tune with HIM. NO enemy is stronger than HIM. Satan or his fellow fallen angels are not a match for JESUS CHRIST. HE is sovereign. HE is all powerful.
We need to remember to give God the glory for each victory we have in our lives. Too often we take the credit for victories that we should give to the LORD. God knows what man is made of and so HE works accordingly. We like to embellish our victories. We like to boast of all the things that we have done. It is a fine line between giving a testimony of how the LORD has used us and tooting our own horn. Have we found the balance???
Embellishing our victories is a sin. Embellishing our importance to the LORD is a sin.
CHALLENGE: Our responsibility is to give the LORD all the credit for every victory. We can’t do it on our own. The enemy wants us to think those sinful thoughts.
DAILY SPIRITUAL LUNCH: Transitional Believers
: 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. (6720 “victuals” [tseydah] means provisions, or supply of food)
DEVOTION: Soldiers had to share their supplies. Here we find that the 300 men of Gideon’s army needed some food and trumpets for the battle. They received these supplies from the men who were returning to their tents.
So the enemy was in the valley while the 300 soldiers of Gideon were on the hilltops. They could see what was going on in the Midianite camp. They could see the size of the army they were going to fight.
The LORD had a plan for Gideon to win the battle against these individuals who were invading the land the children of Israel were to be owners of because of the LORD’S promise to them.
However, because of sin they had lost their freedom and were not trying to win it back. God reduced the army to show that HE was going to win the battle with a few.
With God one can defeat an army. Sometimes we think that we are in a battle that is impossible to win. That is never true if we are obeying the orders of the LORD to fight the battle. HE wants us to realize that one man totally dedicated to HIM can defeat any size army of those who are following the devil.
Too often we are fearful and afraid like many of these soldiers of Israel. It is wrong and sinful to live a life under these conditions. Gideon was still fearful even with all the assurances the LORD had given him.
CHALLENGE: In the strength of the LORD every individual can defeat an army led by Satan and his demons.
: 11 And you shall hear what they say, and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down to the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the host. (2388 “strengthened” [chazaq] means to be/grow/make strong, to prevail, have/show courage, to be or become strong or powerful beyond the average or expected, or overpower)
DEVOTION: Gideon had a problem. He was reassured by the LORD many times that HE was working in his life. He spoke with the LORD face to face. He watched as the LORD caused there to be dew on the fleece. He watched the LORD the next night to have no dew on the fleece.
Now he was still afraid to go into the camp of the Midianites as the LORD commanded to hear what they had to say regarding the upcoming battle. He had to take his servant with him. He didn’t want to go alone.
Once he heard the dream and the interpretation he wanted to go to war with the Midianites. He was eager.
We need to receive the assurances of the LORD for our battles. Once we have these assurances then we should stop being afraid and just go to battle against the enemy.
We need to realize that Satan fears a believer who goes to battle with him in the strength of the LORD. It is not a multitude of people that is necessary to defeat our enemies. All it takes is us and the LORD.
We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. Do we believe this verse? We should! Gideon needed to believe and the LORD showed him what was going to happen once he believed.
Throughout the Word of God we see those who are heroes of the faith going out in the power of the LORD to face enemies that are more powerful than them. They still went and the LORD gave them victory.
We have to go in the strength of the LORD each day to face the battles the LORD has for us to fight whether they are big or small. HE is with us.
CHALLENGE: Are you a believer in the power of the LORD today?
DAILY SPIRITUAL SUPPER: Mature Believers
: 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian. (7667 “interpretation” [sheber] means an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious, breaking of a dream, solution of mystery, breakdown, or significance of a communication)
DEVOTION: What is our reaction to God revealing a new truth to us in HIS Word? We can study the Word of God for many years and still learn new truths as we study again and again.
Our responsibility is to study to show ourselves approved of God by our understanding of who HE is and what HE is capable of doing through someone who is totally dedicated to HIM.
HE wants us to understand how HE works even today. This can only be done through a study of HIS acts in the past and how HE will act in the present. HE wants us to know that HE is not weaker or stronger today than in the day of Gideon. HE is the same yesterday and today.
Gideon learned a truth regarding the battle and his first reaction was to worship the LORD. That should be our reaction to the LORD revealing new things to us in HIS Word. We should look forward to studying the Word of God with the thought that we can always learn more about HIM and our responsibility.
Gideon learned what his responsibility was and once he heard the interpretation of the dream, he was ready to go. He had to have the extra push from the LORD. We need an extra push from the LORD at times and once we see what the LORD wants us to learn and share with others, we should do it.
Once we have the assurance of the LORD we can be like Gideon and tell our fellow believers that we need to ARISE and realize that we are promised victory too throughout the New Testament.
CHALLENGE: We are not a defeated army we are the army of the LIVING God. Let us act like it today.
: 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and break the pitchers that were in their hands. (6965 “set” [quwm] means to come to fruition, to institute, enact, establish, to cause to arise, raise, erect, build, to raise up, bring on the scene, or investigate.)
DEVOTION: Timing is everything in life. There is a time to live and a time to day. There is a time to go to bed and a time to get up. Throughout the Word of God, God works in time.
Jesus came at just the right time. All the actions of God were established before the foundation of the world. HE knew exactly when things were going to happen. HE is never surprised at what is going on in this world.
HE wants us to realize that HE is working for our good every day of our life. HE wants want is best for those who genuinely trust in HIM. HE doesn’t want us to doubt HIS ability to help us through any difficulty.
Too often we think that what we are going through is a surprise to HIM. HE is never surprised. We have to understand this fact.
Gideon was given instructions regarding what he was to do new in the battle plan. HE was to act in the beginning of the middle watch. He was to time things just when the LORD told him to. HE was not to doubt the LORD.
He only had 300 men and they were not equipped with great guns or instruments of war. But the LORD knew what was necessary to defeat the enemy. Three things: pitcher, light and horn. It is no surprise to us that they probably wondered how it would work.
We don’t need to know how something is going to work if the LORD gives us instructions regarding how we are to act in a given situation. HE is the one in control. HIS timing is always perfect.
Are you trusting the LORD to lead you in the right direction at the right time with the right weapons to win the battles of our lives?
CHALLENGE: HE has promised to be with us and to never leave us if we are obedient to HIM. Obedience to what HE tells us to do when HE tells us to do it is very important for victory.
DISCIPLINES OF THE FAITH:
BODY
Chastity (Purity in living)
Fasting (Time alone with LORD without eating or drinking)
Sacrifice (Giving up something we want to serve the LORD)
Submission (Willing to listen to others and LORD)
Solitude (Going to a quiet place without anyone)
SOUL
Fellowship (Gathering together around the Word of God)
Frugality (wise use of resources)
Journalizing (Writing down what you have learned from the LORD)
Study and Meditation (Thinking through your study in the Word)
Secrecy (Doing your good deeds without others knowing but God)
SPIRIT
Celebration (Gathering around a special occasion to worship LORD)
Confession (Tell the LORD we are sorry for our sins on a daily basis)
Prayer (Conversation with God on a personal level)
Silence (Letting the LORD deal with some problems and needs)
Worship (Time to praise the LORD alone or in a group)
Gideon worshipedverse 15
DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH:
Scripture (66 inerrant books of the Bible)
God the Father (First person of the Godhead)
LORD – Jehovah (Covenant keeping, Personal)verses 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 18, 20, 22
God – Elohim (Creator)verse 14
Sword of the LORDverses 18, 20
God the Son (Second person of the Godhead – God/man, Messiah)
God the Holy Spirit (Third person of the Godhead – our comforter)
Trinity (Three persons of the Godhead who are co-equal = ONE God)
Angels (Created before the foundation of the world – Good and Evil)
Man (Created on the sixth twenty-four hour period of creation)
Midianitesverses 1-25
Amalekitesverse 12
Children of the eastverse 12
Grasshoppers for multitudeverse 12
Orebverse 25
Zeebverse 25
Sin (Missing the mark set by God on man and angels)
Vaunt against Godverse 2
Claiming to save self verse 2
Fearfulverses 3, 10
Afraidverse 3
Salvation (Provided by Christ’s death on the cross for our sins)
Savedverse 2
Deliveranceverses 9, 14, 15
Strengthverse 11
Worshipverse 15
Israel (Old Testament people of God)
Jerubbaal = Gideonverses 1-25
Fearful and afraid sent home (22,000)verse 3
Drinking of water test (10,000)verses 4-8
300 passed testverses 6-8
Phurah – Gideon’s servantverses 10, 11
Dream in Midianite campverses 11-15
Divided the army into three partsverses 16-22
Timing was right: middle watch
Men of Israelverse 23
Naphtali
Asher
Manasseh pursued the Midianites
Men of Ephraim- took waters to Beth-barah
and Jordanverse 24
Took two princes of Oreb and Zeeb and killed themverse 25
Church (New Testament people of God)
Last Things (Future Events)
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QUOTES regarding passage
4–6 The Lord, however, informed Gideon that the army had to be reduced even further (v.4). A special “screening” was set up based on the way the 10,000 drank water (v.5). This strange procedure netted a total of 300 men who apparently crouched down to scoop up water by using their hands as a dog uses its tongue (v.6). All the others dropped to their knees before drinking. (Wolf, H. (1992). Judges. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel (Vol. 3, p. 425). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.)
7:3–6. The means by which the size of Gideon’s force was reduced was twofold: (a) 22,000 fearful recruits were summarily dismissed (in harmony with Deut. 20:8) and allowed to return to their homes; and (b) 9,700 apparently less-watchful men who failed a simple test were also discharged (Jud. 7:4–8; or at least were granted a leave of absence; cf. v. 23). (Lindsey, F. D. (1985). Judges. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 393). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
The second sifting (vv. 4–8). God put Gideon’s surviving 10,000 men through a second test by asking them all to take a drink down at the river. We never know when God is testing us in some ordinary experience of life. I heard about one leading minister who always took a drive with a prospective pastoral staff member in the other man’s car, just to see if the car was neat and if the man drove carefully. Whether or not neatness and careful driving habits are always a guarantee of ministerial success is debatable, but the lesson is worth considering. More than one prospective employee has ruined his or her chances for a job while having lunch with the boss, not realizing they were being evaluated. “Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell when somebody may be taking your measure for a larger place.” That was said by a man named Marsden; and I’ve had the quotation, now yellow with age, under the glass on my desk for many years. Pondering it from time to time has done me good.
What significance was there in the two different ways the men drank from the river? Since the Scriptures don’t tell us, we’d be wise not to read into the text some weighty spiritual lesson that God never put there. Most expositors say the men who bowed down to drink were making themselves vulnerable to the enemy, while the 300 who lapped water from their hands stayed alert. But the enemy was four miles away (v. 1), waiting to see what the Jews would do; and Gideon wouldn’t have led his men into a dangerous situation like that. One well-known preacher claims that the 300 men drank as they did so they could keep their eyes on Gideon, but the text doesn’t say that either.
My assumption is that God chose this method of sifting the army because it was simple, unassuming (no soldier knew he was being tested), and easy to apply. We shouldn’t think that all 10,000 drank at one time, because that would have stretched the army out along the water for a couple of miles. Since the men undoubtedly came to the water by groups, Gideon was able to watch them and identify the 300. It wasn’t until after the event that the men discovered they had been tested.
“There is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few” (1 Sam. 14:6). Some churches today are mesmerized by statistics and think they’re strong because they’re big and wealthy, but numbers are no guarantee of God’s blessing. Moses assured the Jews that if they would obey the Lord, one soldier could chase a thousand and two would “put ten thousand to flight” (Deut. 32:30). All Gideon needed was 27 soldiers to defeat the whole Midianite army of 135,000 men (Jdg. 8:10), but God gave him 300.
It is clear from 7:14 that the Midianites knew who Gideon was, and no doubt they were watching what he was doing. I’ve often wondered what the enemy spies thought when they saw the Jewish army seemingly fall apart. Did it make the Midianites overconfident and therefore less careful? Or did their leaders become even more alert, wondering whether Gideon was setting them up for a tricky piece of strategy?
God graciously gave Gideon one more promise of victory: “By the 300 men that lapped will I save you” (v. 7). By claiming this promise and obeying the Lord’s directions, Gideon defeated the enemy and brought peace to the land for forty years (8:28).
The soldiers who departed left some of their equipment with the 300 men thus each man could have a torch, a trumpet, and a jar—strange weapons indeed for fighting a war. (Wiersbe, W. W. (1994). Be available (pp. 60–62). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
7:5 everyone who laps. Soldiers who lapped as a dog, scooping water with their hands as a dog uses its tongue, were chosen; while those who sank to their knees to drink were rejected. No reason for such distinction is given, so that it showed nothing about their ability as soldiers. It was merely a way to divide the crowd. Their abilities as soldiers had no bearing on the victory anyway since the enemy soldiers killed themselves and fled without engaging Gideon’s men at all. (MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (2006). The MacArthur study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (Jdg 7:5). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Ver. 6. And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, &c.] That is, that took up water in the hollow of their hands, which they lifted up to their mouths, and so lapped it, as the Egyptians about the Nile are said to do, who drank not out of pots and cups, but used their hands to drink with: were 300 men; only such a number out of 10,000: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water; even 9,700; and it was the custom of some nations, as the Ichthyophagi, or fish-eaters, to cast themselves with their face to the ground, and drink after the manner of oxen. (Gill, J. (1810). An Exposition of the Old Testament (Vol. 2, p. 315). London: Mathews and Leigh.)
FROM MY READING:
(Remember the only author that I totally agree with is the HOLY SPIRIT in the inerrant WORD OF GOD called THE BIBLE! All other I try to gleam what I can to help me grow in the LORD!!)
Genesis 37
Jacob’s son, Joseph, is sold by his brothers.
INSIGHT
Feeling loved is one of life’s greatest needs. When we do not feel loved, we often will go to great lengths to try to earn love or retaliate against those who keep us from being loved.
Joseph’s brothers contemplated murder but instead kidnapped Joseph to get rid of him. His brothers thought of him as a threat — all because Jacob displayed his preference for Joseph.
Jacob’s preferential treatment of Joseph in no way condones the actions of the brothers, but it points out to us as Christians that we should love all men as Christ would. When individuals feel that love, it makes it easier for them to love others in return. (Quiet Walk)
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THE NEW BIRTH
No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. John 10:29
If you are regenerate, you will remain regenerate. It seems to me that this is absolutely inevitable because regeneration is the work of God. Yet there are those who seem to think that people can be born again as the result of believing the truth, and then if they backslide or fall into sin or deny the truth, they lose their regeneration, but if they come back again and believe again, then they are regenerate again—as if one can be born again and die and be born again and die an endless number of times!
How important doctrine is! How important it is that we should be clear as to what the Scripture teaches about these things! It tells us that regeneration is the work of God Himself in the depths of the soul and that He does it in such a way that it is permanent. “No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” (John 10:29).
“I am persuaded,” says Paul, and let us notice this, “I am persuaded”—he is certain—“that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). And when Paul says that, he is expounding regeneration. It is not merely the relationship between us—it is because He has put this life in me that nothing can separate me from Him. And when we come to deal with the mystical union that follows directly from this, we see how still more inevitable this must be. This is a permanent work, and nothing can ever bring it to an end.
Regenerate people cannot go on sinning because they are born of God (1 John 3:9). They may backslide temporarily, but if they are born of God they will come back. It is as certain as that they have been born again. This is the way to test whether or not someone is born again.
A Thought to Ponder: Regeneration is the work of God Himself
in the depths of the soul, and it is permanent.
(From God the Holy Spirit, pp. 93-94.by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
Divine Logistics
“And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.” (2 Chronicles 14:11)
Asa was one of the better kings of Judah (great-grandson of Solomon), and his prayer is a beautiful model of how a servant of God can pray when all the human odds are against him. Asa’s army consisted of 580,000, foot soldiers, whereas the invading Ethiopians had a million-man army with 300 chariots. Yet “the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa” (2 Chronicles 14:8-9, 12), and his prayer prevailed.
The Bible has many such examples: Abraham (Genesis 14:1-16); Gideon (Judges 7:7; 8:10); King Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:14, 19, 35). Before King Saul gained a great victory over the hordes of the Philistines, it was the courageous testimony of Jonathan, his son, that led the way. “It may be that the LORD will work for us,” he had said, “for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few” (1 Samuel 14:6). Later, David won many battles against all odds, including his personal victory over Goliath (1 Samuel 17:40-49). The servants of the Lord do not need a majority to prevail in the battle against sin and Satan, for “if God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). That is the key, of course. We must not beseech the Lord to fight on our side. He will be for us if we are first on His side!
This was the message of the prophet Azariah to the godly King Asa: “The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you” (2 Chronicles 15:2). Political power, military might, financial resources—all are futile. “Our help is in the name of the LORD” (Psalm 124:8).
(HMM, The Institute for Creation Research)
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