12/30/2009 9:09 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Praise the Lord for His victory
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Judges 5:19-23
Message of the verses: “19
"The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan At
Taanach near the waters of Megiddo;
They took no plunder in silver. 20
"The stars fought from heaven, From their courses they fought
against Sisera. 21 "The torrent of
Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul,
march on with strength. 22 "Then
the horses’ hoofs beat From the dashing, the dashing of his valiant steeds.
23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the
LORD, ‘Utterly curse its inhabitants; Because they did not come to the help of
the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the warriors.’”
As I
continue to study this song of Deborah it does seem hard to totally understand
all that is in it. In these verses it
explains where this battle took place, and it is where the last battle in the
tribulation period will take place, the valley of Megiddo,
where there have been many battles that took place. Napoleon, it is reported that he said, that
this valley was a perfect place for a battle.
As reported in an earlier SD, God sent a terrible rain which flooded the
Kishon River
and made it impossible for the 900 chariots to be effective in this battle and
thus the Canaanite army was defeated by the Lord and the children of Israel.
Deborah
then goes on to tell of the angel of the Lord cursing the people of Meroz for
not coming to help out in this battle.
Barak was from Naphtali and so were these people who refused to come to
help the Lord. It may have been an
embarrassment to him.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I don’t want to be like the people of Meroz,
and not come to the battle for the Lord, but I want to be like Deborah who came
to the battle and fought against the enemies of God in a brave way.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Trust the Lord to guide my path and make it straight today.
12/30/2009 9:25 AM
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