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April 2008

Faith

4/27/2008

 
For with God nothing shall be impossible. 
Luke 1:37


Today I'd been thinking about the times when the Lord asks us to step out in faith to do exploits in His name, which, by human standards, would seem to be impossible...
Gideon, for instance, with only a band of 300 untrained men armed with nothing more than trumpets, and glass jars with candles inside them, went against and overcame an army of 120,000 enemy troops. What could've been a "suicide mission" was an easy victory because God was with Gideon.

Next I considered Joshua and the walls of the city of Jericho. A verse in the New Testament letter to the Hebrews says of this event: "By faith the wall of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days (Hebrews 11:30)." God had instructed Joshua and the men under his charge, which included seven priests, to blow their trumpets at prescribed intervals. These 'trumpets' were actually the horns of rams, more commonly known as shofars. And after the seventh encirclement of the city, with the priests blowing their horns and the rest of the Israelites shouting loudly, the walls fell with a roar. Such is the power of God.

And these are but two of many examples that can be found in the Bible to show us that nothing is too hard for the Lord. Therefore I can trust Him just like Gideon and Joshua did. I can step out in faith. Because when I do so, God will get the glory and I will be victorious.
Amen!

D.B.

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