Food for thought in a hungry starving world: AND the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountians; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because thay had chariots of iron (Judges 1:19) The first phase,The LORD was with Judah, means that they could definitely have driven out those with the chariots of iron had they only execised proper Faith. Evidently they didnt! The truth is, without God, it was all impossible for Israel, but, with the Lord, all things are possible. Clearly and plainly, the Scripture says, The Lord was with Judah. But yet Judah failed to take advantage of the might and power of the Lord, which could have helped them do anything. Whilechariots of iron may have been a formidable obstacle to Judah, they were nothing to the Lord. But yet Judah did not depend entirely on the Lord as they should have, and the enemy remained. They looked at the chariots of iron instead of looking at the Arm of the Lord, and so became the miserable bondmen of those whom they shoud have utterly destroyed. They first permitted to remain in their midst the inhabitants of the land, and then, very soon, became insensible of the existence of these sources of evil and misery. Such is the sad history preently of many a Christian and many a Church. The faith of a weak woman, Achsah, and the courage of her cousin, Othniel (judg, 1:12-15), are here again recorded by the Holy Spirit; they stand out in contrast to the cowardice nd unbelief of the Tribes. By the victories given to Judah, Simeom, and Mansseh, God showed what he could do for the heart that trusted Him. But the ground won by faith can only be held by faith;; and very soon, therefore, the Canaanite and the Philistine recovered possession of what they had lost, which proved to be a terrible thorn in the side of Israel, and was so all the days of the Judges, a time frame of over 400 years. We learn from Judges that the Promise is different than the Possession free of the enemy, but, most of the time, filled with the enemy. However, as Faith claims the Promise, likewise,, it must claim the Possession of the Promise. The principle now is the same as then. While Israel of old fought physical enemies, we today fight spiriual enemies, but, as stated, the principle is the same. The Lord has given us the Promise, but, if we do not trust Him, the chariots of spiritual iron will never be dispossessed.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:28:49 +0000
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