Daily Devotion

June 15, 2006

Psalms 27:14  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

In the conclusion of this psalm there lies a resolution for the life of the believer.  

A host of the wicked and enemies may come upon us to eat up our flesh and we have the assurance of the protection of His pavilion. No matter what ‘life’ may throw at you; no matter what the enemy may use to intimidate you; always remember the end result.  “Psalms 27:(5). . . in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.  (6) . . . mine head (shall)be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. . . “  We have that promise of the secret place of His tabernacle, and there is no doubt that when the time of judgment arrives, our heads will be lifted up above that of the enemies of God (Dan 7:14,18).

Oh Lord, I want to thank that You won the victory (1 John 3:8).  I can now look at the future without fear, with the certainty that the battle will lead to victory and the unconditional surrender of the enemy. It is not a question of if; the only question is when.  

Anticipate the victory party; even now, make preparations towards it (Rev 19:9), for thanks to our wonderful LORD, we have reservations for it.  Let’s shout, sing and blow the *shofar, for His redeeming blood has won the victory for me and for humanity.  There is no stopping us now; every fall is a fall upward and every trial is an instruction to bring us closer to Him. Let the meditation of these thoughts strengthen your faith and courage--that the victory is already won.  

I see a soldier. I see a soldier wounded, lying on the ground.  His blood pours from his gashing wounds.  He is in pain, in terrible suffering, while his enemy stands by him sneering, about to give the wounded soldier the final blow.  The Son of God appears from the sky,” Stand back, leave him!” He says, “My blood already paid for his life, he is Mine!”.  Beloved, the victory doesn’t depend upon you, but upon the Son of God crucified for you on Calvary!

* Shofar:  a Jewish trumpet made out of ram’s horn

Revelation 19:11-21  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  (12)  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.  (13)  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.  (14)  And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.  (15)  And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  (16)  And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.  (17)  And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;  (18)  That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.  (19)  And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.  (20)  And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.  (21)  And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Patrick Lumbroso
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