William Arthur Ward
wrote, "God wants us to be victors, not victims ~ to overcome, not to be
overwhelmed."
1 John 3: 1 AMP
Children of God Love One Another
"See what an incredible
quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be
named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this
reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him."
Well, I am not as
busy as I used to be in the past. I have some time at hand and had been
watching the movie on Gideon, the man God called to save Israel a long time
ago. Now he wasn't a leader at the time an Angel of the Lord appeared to him.
Gideon seemed to be very fearful, timid, doubtful, and not capable. The reason
he acted this way was because of the constant attacks from the Midianites in
those days. The enemies’ onslaught was relentless, and it seemed never-ending.
One day the Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon while he was threshing wheat
in a shaded winepress as he didn't want to be seen by the Midianites. [Judges
6]
The Angel said to
him, "The
LORD is with you, O valiant warrior." With
a lot of tests and trials, this coward man changed and became the Valiant
person, God called him to be, and he was indeed a warrior. We never see who we
are because of our circumstances. Praise God for not seeing us through our
eyes. No one even though Gideon had it in him to save Israel, and only God knew
it was in him.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, looking
at myself, I doubt that there is a brave and great warrior in me. Today I want
to pray that Your Holy Spirit will tug me out of the shadows and clear away the
stains of sin in my life and soul. Lord Jesus, I have been redeemed by Your
blood, please redefine me in the light of Your promise and power and mercy.
Amen
Yvette van Niekerk
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