A Mighty Conclusion
Hitherto (thus far) hath the LORD helped us.(1 Samuel 7:12)
Hitherto (thus far) hath the LORD helped us.(1 Samuel 7:12)
My what a conclusion Samuel has reached. It was not just for the present or particular time Israel was facing.
This assuring thought takes in three areas.
The Past - Our Present - the Path ahead.
One writer put it, it is like looking down a road and seeing things that you know helped you get to where you are.
How long has its been sense you took the time to think about how and why you are where you are today?
Three quick thoughts:
This assuring thought takes in three areas.
The Past - Our Present - the Path ahead.
One writer put it, it is like looking down a road and seeing things that you know helped you get to where you are.
How long has its been sense you took the time to think about how and why you are where you are today?
Three quick thoughts:
1. The Course: thus far or hitherto as our King James has it.
The paths, the problems, the people or anything else to add. The ups and downs, our failures and successes.
It was the Lord that helped us, (not us, but him)
David was aware of this truth, in Psalms 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psa 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side ...or "While on this course, if it had not been for the Lord"
Putting it in language we can understand,
IF IT HADNT BEEN FOR JESUS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD!
The paths, the problems, the people or anything else to add. The ups and downs, our failures and successes.
It was the Lord that helped us, (not us, but him)
David was aware of this truth, in Psalms 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psa 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side ...or "While on this course, if it had not been for the Lord"
Putting it in language we can understand,
IF IT HADNT BEEN FOR JESUS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD!
2. The Force: help
Webster gives us some help regarding this little word here.
It means to aid, relieve, assist, to lend strength to succor, to remedy to change for the better.
Isn't that just like Jesus?
Which brings me to my third thought, and that is the,
Webster gives us some help regarding this little word here.
It means to aid, relieve, assist, to lend strength to succor, to remedy to change for the better.
Isn't that just like Jesus?
Which brings me to my third thought, and that is the,
3. The Source: The Lord
What makes him such a precious commodity is
1. He's Universal in his presence: No place that you will find yourself, in which his presence will be unavailable.
2. He's Unlimited in his power:
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Nahum 1:3 said ... He was great in power
3. He's Unfailing in his Promises:
What he says he can do and will do, and HE DOES!
What makes him such a precious commodity is
1. He's Universal in his presence: No place that you will find yourself, in which his presence will be unavailable.
2. He's Unlimited in his power:
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Nahum 1:3 said ... He was great in power
3. He's Unfailing in his Promises:
What he says he can do and will do, and HE DOES!
God Bless as we close out this year !!
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