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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Saturday, February 17, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:Saul’s First Battle Bible Verse:1 Samuel 11:1-11 (NLT) "About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded. “All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!” “Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.” When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears. Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked, “What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry. He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message: “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the Lord made the people afraid of Saul’s anger, and all of them came out together as one. When Saul mobilized them at Bezek, he found that there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah. So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived! The men of Jabesh then told their enemies, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.” But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together. " Message:
Saul’s anointment as king of Israel has meant little to this point. Many of the people have not accepted him, and he certainly hasn’t rated any sort of kingly accoutrements — he is plowing his field with a team of oxen when news of the Ammonite attack reaches him.
At this time, Jabesh Gilead was a city in the middle of nowhere, far east of the Jordon and fifty or so miles northeast of present-day Jerusalem. Jerusalem itself was, at best, a little farming village; Saul lived in Gibeah, a town just to the north of it. The small southern Hebrew territories where Gibeah and Jerusalem are located were already called ”Judah” (which the Romans called ”Judea”). As can be seen on a map of the time, the Ammonites lived directly east of Judah; the Hebrews were squeezed between them and the Philistines, a sea-people, to the west. (Map of Palestine at the Time of Saul.)
In today’s reading, Saul vigorously and successfully takes up the role of king for the first time. He shows the leadership to rouse the entire Hebrew population. He musters and leads an army of 330,000 men to the besieged city and utterly routs the Ammonite invaders. A nation has been born.
Meditation : Prayer : The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore.....Amen |
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