TEXT: 1 SAMUEL 7:10-13
CLASSIC
TOPIC : BIRTHING YOUR NEW SEASON.
[10]And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
[11]And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
[12]Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
[13]So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
The Philistians were a people who insisted on frustrating the nation of Israel.
They were their destiny adversary as it were.
They made life misrable for God's children and succeeded in destroying their confidence.
The Ark of the Lord had just been returned to Israel, yet they would not let them rest.
Some enemies are like that. They would want to buffet and frustrate you all your days, but I have good news for you. The Lord said in Psalms 125 verse 3,
"For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous".
God has an emergency excape plan for you, shout Alleluyah.
In verse 7, as the Philistians lunched their unprovoked attack and the children of Israel cry unto Samuel.
Samuel offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, AND THE LORD THUNDERED WITH A GREAT THUNDER ON THAT DAY UPON THE PHILISTIANS.
The bible recorded that they were discomfited and we're smitten before Israel.
Sacrifice creates a buffer zone.
It creates an invisible demarcation between God's people and His enemies.
Sacrifice invokes the anger of the Lord against your enemies.
For someone reading this devotional,This will be the faith of all your enemies in Jesus mighty name
If you believe type a capital AMEN.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
2 Samuel 21, 22.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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