Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.”
Perfect example for the church of today to follow.
The church today asks the same question, "why has all this happened to us?" implying that because this has happened this must be the way things are suppose to be. We constantly hear this same excuse from today's Christians. We must return to the Word of the Lord which the angel delivered to Gideon, "I am sending you! ...I will be with you. And you will destroy (the enemy)."
Is this not the exact same promise the risen Messiah has given to us?
David and all those saints who came before us are set for our example. Even in his failures, David never abandoned the fight and his Psalms of conflict, war and redemption are given to us as the Word of God to be a light to our path.
Thank you for posting this link. I grieved when Leonard Cohen died. Leonard singing Hallelujah always touches my heart, spirit and soul. One of my life’s finest memories will always be the time I attended one of his live concerts!
My favorite piece. I don't even know if he was a believer but to put the story of King David to song like that was truly inspiration. "...There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard, the holy or the broken Hallelujah..."
Are you a David? Interesting times for sure!!!!
Perhaps Gideon is a better example than David:
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.”
Judges 6:11-16 NLT
Perfect example for the church of today to follow.
The church today asks the same question, "why has all this happened to us?" implying that because this has happened this must be the way things are suppose to be. We constantly hear this same excuse from today's Christians. We must return to the Word of the Lord which the angel delivered to Gideon, "I am sending you! ...I will be with you. And you will destroy (the enemy)."
Is this not the exact same promise the risen Messiah has given to us?
Your comment reminds me ..."By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established." Deut 19:15, 2 Corinthians 13:1
David and all those saints who came before us are set for our example. Even in his failures, David never abandoned the fight and his Psalms of conflict, war and redemption are given to us as the Word of God to be a light to our path.
"Hallelujah!"
https://youtu.be/ttEMYvpoR-k?si=daD3FRnLT5JkcvHS
Thank you for posting this link. I grieved when Leonard Cohen died. Leonard singing Hallelujah always touches my heart, spirit and soul. One of my life’s finest memories will always be the time I attended one of his live concerts!
My favorite piece. I don't even know if he was a believer but to put the story of King David to song like that was truly inspiration. "...There's a blaze of light in every word, it doesn't matter which you heard, the holy or the broken Hallelujah..."