DAY 94 Read Judges 7 and 8.
Today's reading: We follow Gideon through a marvelous victory to an unexplainable lapse into idolatry. He failed to keep the light shining.
Memory gem: "O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles" (Psalm 43:3).
Thought for today:
Friends, what we need today is the glittering blade of God's divine truth, which is mightier than all the powers of darkness. And what a victorious and blessed day it will be for God's people when everywhere that unmistakable cry is given: "The sword of the Lord and of His church!"
Gideon and his men blew the trumpets; they broke the pitchers; they held the lamps; and they shouted--those four things. Every man had a trumpet, a pitcher, and a lamp. Every man's faith was in the sword of the Lord. Every man sounded his trumpet as his own individual testimony, yet they all worked together. It was a united cry. The great battle was quickly won, and not one of the 300 struck a blow.
Oh, friends, lips telling the gospel of Christ in clear trumpet tones; the light and knowledge of God shining forth from broken hearts; Christ, the Word of God, uplifted--that's what will stir the world.
What was the source of Gideon's great triumph? The men were united. They had not only unity, but unison. They were obedient, and they were faithful. Every man stood his place. But it was God who gave them the victory.
The world needs light. It has always needed light, but the need is greater now than ever before. The Word of God is light. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path," we read in Psalm 119:105. And so every Christian should be a lamplighter, a lamp holder.
As in the case of Gideon, it is the responsibility of all God's people to turn on the light. The apostle Paul says in Philippians 2:15, 16: "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life."
Today's reading: We follow Gideon through a marvelous victory to an unexplainable lapse into idolatry. He failed to keep the light shining.
Memory gem: "O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles" (Psalm 43:3).
Thought for today:
Friends, what we need today is the glittering blade of God's divine truth, which is mightier than all the powers of darkness. And what a victorious and blessed day it will be for God's people when everywhere that unmistakable cry is given: "The sword of the Lord and of His church!"
Gideon and his men blew the trumpets; they broke the pitchers; they held the lamps; and they shouted--those four things. Every man had a trumpet, a pitcher, and a lamp. Every man's faith was in the sword of the Lord. Every man sounded his trumpet as his own individual testimony, yet they all worked together. It was a united cry. The great battle was quickly won, and not one of the 300 struck a blow.
Oh, friends, lips telling the gospel of Christ in clear trumpet tones; the light and knowledge of God shining forth from broken hearts; Christ, the Word of God, uplifted--that's what will stir the world.
What was the source of Gideon's great triumph? The men were united. They had not only unity, but unison. They were obedient, and they were faithful. Every man stood his place. But it was God who gave them the victory.
The world needs light. It has always needed light, but the need is greater now than ever before. The Word of God is light. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path," we read in Psalm 119:105. And so every Christian should be a lamplighter, a lamp holder.
As in the case of Gideon, it is the responsibility of all God's people to turn on the light. The apostle Paul says in Philippians 2:15, 16: "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life."
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