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March 20
I
Sam 21 - 24
Topic:
Divine Assurance
Text: Nehemiah 2:17-20
Surveying
the entire gamut of the greatness and the sovereignty of God we
discover that the greatest privilege on earth is to be able to
say, “Abba, Father”. Anyone who decides to position
himself against a beloved child of God is undertaking a suicidal
mission. Whoever makes himself your enemy automatically becomes
God’s enemy. As long as an enemy cannot conquer God, he
cannot conquer you. Once you have settled with God and there is
no rift between you and your Maker, the enemy does not stand a
chance. They can surround you but they cannot surround God. The
Heaven of heaven cannot contain Him, as Solomon said, so how can
an enemy surround Him? He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End. When the enemies surround you, He will surround them.
When He surrounds them, He will hit them from behind. He will
surround your enemies and ambush them as He did to the enemies
who came to besiege Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:20-23). Because
the enemies cannot surround God, they present themselves as casualty.
They cannot hide from the One above. God was the first person
to throw bombs, as recorded in Joshua 10:10-11 (When Joshua was
fighting against the five kings that came against him). God sent
hailstones on the enemy soldiers. As long as the enemies surrounding
you are standing on God’s own soil, the ground will swallows
them up, as He did, in Numbers 16:23-33, to Korah. If all is well
between you and God, no siege will last against you because, in
Isaiah 8:9-10, the Almighty God promises that your enemies will
be broken into pieces: “Associate yourselves, O ye people,
and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of fat
countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the
word, and it shall not stand: FOR God is with us.” If God
is with us, nobody can be against us. Proverbs 19:21 says: “There
are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless is the counsel
of the LORD that shall stand”. If the Lord is your side,
every siege in your life will end today. Tell God you belong to
Him; therefore, every siege against your body, soul and spirit,
your family and finances should be broken into pieces. Also ask
God to surround every enemy that surrounds you and deal with them
decisively.
Memory Verse: Isaiah 8:10 - “Take
counsel together, and it shall come to nought, speak the word,
and it shall not stand; for God is with us.”
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