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October 28 - 29
"And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him (Gideon) and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour." (Judges 6:12)
Gideon was not handling a sword, but a flail - a humble instrument. "Thou mighty man of valour." It means ten thousandfold more to God to see you in the courage and energy of faith enjoying your portion in Christ, than to go over to the wars of the world and gain a mighty victory; God is far more interested in your spiritual welfare than in any victory you might achieve in this world. These are spiritual battles, and they are going to endure when all the nations locked in this present conquest have passed off the scene forever. They "are counted as the small dust of the balance" (Isaiah 40:15). That is the way God thinks of the rise and fall of the nations. (C.H. Brown)
N.J. Hiebert # 2779
"We had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead." (2 Corinthians 1:9)
If ever there were a day in which we need to look entirely to the Lord, and to Him alone, it is the day in which we live; and by faith we look up to Him, the Leader of our salvation, to Him whose arms were once extended upon the cross as He bare our sins, and who ever lives to lead us through every difficulty to the eternal glory. It may be said that the people of God are so dispersed, and many other things; but we know that His arm is not shortened. It may be a severe lesson to learn - that of mistrusting man, and our own selves most of all - but a blessed lesson after all; and we look toward Him in the excellent glory, and to the God of glory who has placed Him at His right hand, praying that we may glorify Him for the rest of the journey in the desert. May we be found walking in true dependence, prayerfully, and with true confidence in Him. (E.L. Bevir)
N.J. Hiebert # 2780
