Daily Devotion

March 24, 2006

Psa 119:95 KJV  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

How it must grieve the heart of God when we listen to the intimidating speeches of the enemy.  Nehemiah was given leave by the Medo-Persian king Artaxerxes, whose heart was moved by God, to go rebuild Jerusalem.  He was given leave with letters from the king concerning his provisions and protection.  But when he arrived in Jerusalem those who wished for the failure of this endeavor challenged him and said, “What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?” (Neh 2:19). How arrogant the devil can be!  From the beginning in the Garden of Eden he challenges the commandment of the LORD, God’s Word (Gen 3:1).

When the will of the Lord has been established, who is anyone, in heaven or earth to dare challenge that it will come to past?  What if, at 86 years old, childless, and married to a barren wife, the Lord promised you a biological posterity as numerous as the stars of the sky and as the sand of the sea; would you believe Him?  What if at 100 years old your 99 year old wife delivered a child that you were asked to sacrifice 25 years later, would you still believe that He could fulfill His promise?  What if he would ask you to take a whole nation to cross the desert, would you believe that He could supply food and water for the journey?  What if you had put all your hopes on the LORD that your eyes have seen, only to see Him crucified and seemingly conquered by the world, would you still believe that it is He who was promised?  What if He would ask you to “take away” the stone in front of a dead stinking man who has been in the grave for four days, would you do it believing that He could resurrect him from the dead (John 11:39)?

Whenever we have set ourselves to obey God’s will, to act on His Word of promise, all hell breaks lose as the wicked waits for you to destroy you.  But it is then the time to blindly consider HIS testimonies, put feet to your faith even if it seems irrational in the eyes of others.  I say, if God shows you to go to the mission field and you don’t have the money, quit your job, pack you suitcase and go wait on the platform at the train station and know that God will meet you there.  If God shows you to build a school and you don’t have the means nor the way to do it, advertise and enroll students with the assurance that God can drop a building down from the sky if He has to to meet you by opening day.  

Jon 2:8  They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Heb 11:1 KJV  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.