So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him (Isa. 59:19).
The time will come when "the glorious gospel of the blessed God" (1 Tim. 1:11) "shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations" (Matt. 24:14), and people from the West and from the East shall fear Him. Every effort of the enemy to stop the work of God will be frustrated by the Spirit of the Lord. Read the Bible stories over again and notice how many times God's children were delivered by the power of God and not by the power of man--the three Hebrew worthies from the fire, Daniel from the den of lions, Joseph from prison, David from Goliath and from Saul, Jehoshaphat from the triple alliance, the apostle Peter from prison, the apostle Paul from the mobs, and many, many others.
Gideon learned that his help was from God and took no credit to himself, for he was only an instrument in God's hands. As John Ruskin has said: "There is but one way that man can ever help God--that is by letting God help him." And that is the way Gideon helped God, by permitting God to help him. If we yield, God will wield.
Let us always remember that it is "not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 4:6). James H. McConkey said that at one time he believed that a few men had a monopoly on the Holy Spirit. "But now," he said, "I know that the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on a few men." If our lives are surrendered to the Holy Spirit, He will life up a standard against the enemy of our souls. Let us always remember that "that battle is the Lord's" (1 Sam. 17:47).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me" (Ps. 59:1).
The time will come when "the glorious gospel of the blessed God" (1 Tim. 1:11) "shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations" (Matt. 24:14), and people from the West and from the East shall fear Him. Every effort of the enemy to stop the work of God will be frustrated by the Spirit of the Lord. Read the Bible stories over again and notice how many times God's children were delivered by the power of God and not by the power of man--the three Hebrew worthies from the fire, Daniel from the den of lions, Joseph from prison, David from Goliath and from Saul, Jehoshaphat from the triple alliance, the apostle Peter from prison, the apostle Paul from the mobs, and many, many others.
Gideon learned that his help was from God and took no credit to himself, for he was only an instrument in God's hands. As John Ruskin has said: "There is but one way that man can ever help God--that is by letting God help him." And that is the way Gideon helped God, by permitting God to help him. If we yield, God will wield.
Let us always remember that it is "not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" (Zech. 4:6). James H. McConkey said that at one time he believed that a few men had a monopoly on the Holy Spirit. "But now," he said, "I know that the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on a few men." If our lives are surrendered to the Holy Spirit, He will life up a standard against the enemy of our souls. Let us always remember that "that battle is the Lord's" (1 Sam. 17:47).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me" (Ps. 59:1).
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