The Devotional - Looking at the Book #562

The Devotional - Looking at the Book #562

by Jesse Abel

A Thought for today by Papa “J”

Psalm 119:20 Injustice is all around town, traditions full of deceptive ideals, cultures full of half truths and religion trying to strike a balance in both worlds, the weight of worldly blindness is so great that the heart has no time to recover. There is peace in the justice of God's HOLY Word!

Good Morning

One of the best ways to lose sight of the enemy is for the troops around you to lose sight of the mission in front of them. But I am reminded of a man named Gideon who ended up with three hundred men out of thirty two thousand. He and those three hundred were sent by God to the camp of the Midianites and Amalekites. ( a number of men to large to count) If you know the events of this story, you know that God confused the camp of Midian and everyone drew their sword against each other, and then fled off into the night. The three hundred men of Gideon's army merely surrounded the enemy camp. Made fire in a jar and made a lot of noise, not one of them raised a sword for battle. (Judges 6-8) The Word of God clearly explains to us that the battle is the Lord's. As a young boy, David the future king of Israel knew the battle belongs to the LORD when he fought against the Philistines. (1 Samuel 17:47). In Proverbs 21:31 we are told that the horse is prepared for the battle, but deliverance is of the LORD. We must always be prepared for war, but we must always trust that God will fight the battle for victory. Oh! Before I forget there is at least one other prerequisite. God must be on our side; as a nation I am not so sure we qualify as being on His side since we have allied with Sodom and Gomorriah and our military camps are full of confusion just like that of the Medians and the Amaleks. .

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 7:8-12 – Anytime someone reads the writing of another or hears a message; emotions will enter the mindset when seeking to comprehend. I like to think of the emotions of the unfaithful world as surface ships. These emotions have little depth; but leave a wide and visible wake that will rock smaller vessels that cross wake. Maybe a better example is wearing our emotions on your sleeve. Again, some folks are proud of being identified by a badge of humility or the chevron of intimidator on their sleeve; which is nothing more than the selfish sins associated with unbelief.

However, when people who are faithful to the Word of God hear a message or read commentary related to the Word of God which is focused on truth; the resulting emotions are not like that of a surface ship with a visible and destructive wake; but like that of a submarine where the depth of the water make the wake invisible. Being absorbed by knowledge of the LORD. Who by taking our emotions will season us in personal salvation sanctification! I hope you are following me in this?

The whole of this second epistle of Paul is based on Thee God of all comfort in whom these earthen vessels the Spirit of God dwells. What we see, hear, read and experience; in His sanctifying work as we suffer in every way is not to produce a sorrow like that of the world; producing death to everything it touches. These sanctifying events go to the depth of our soul where the treasure of God’s excellent power dwells; the outward work of this forgives wrong and produces the joy of the LORD. So it is not the wrongful event to focus on like the chevron on the sleeve that cannot forgive, or the badge of humility that goes no deeper than the sleeve it is on.