Saturday September 23
Bible Reading: 1 Sam 4: 1 - 11
Topic: Beware Of Reprisal Attacks
We should be especially
vigilant because we are most vulnerable when we have experienced major
spiritual and physical breakthroughs.
The enemy may launch a
reprisal attack since we may let our spiritual guard down at such times.
Just as Israel was
celebrating the return of the Presence of God, the restoration of the
revelation of God's Word and Life in their midst, their arch enemies, the
Philistines attacked them.
Israel suffered a heavy
loss with 4, 000 soldiers killed. The Philistines initiated the aggression in
this context in order to disrupt the unification of Israel.
To worsen matters, Israel
in a bid to reverse their losses engaged the corrupt children of Eli who were
rejected by God to convey the Ark of God from Shiloh to the battle front.
Israel was comprehensively defeated and the Ark of God was captured, the two
sons of Eli - Hophini and Phinehas were killed and 30, 000 more soldiers were
slaughtered.
As soldiers of Christ
today, we should never be ignorant of the devices of the enemy (2 Cor. 2: 11: 1
Pet. 5: 8).
We should always be sober
and alert, most especially in times of spiritual breakthroughs.
Prayer
Lord, keep me always alert
in the spirit and grant me victory over the arsenals of the evil one, Amen.
Memory Verse 1 Sam. 4: 5
"And when the Ark of
the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great
shout, so that the earth rang again."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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