Dear Friends,
I hope you had good start to you week!
This devot. is the 2nd verse of A Mighty Fortress is Our God. As I was reading it, I got a big smile on my face.
The first paragraph was a reminder to me from the Lord that without actively inviting Him to give me strength in my daily life to be the Christian He wants me to be, and reflect Him, I'll fall flat on my face.
My 'life verse', the verse that I have claimed to live my life by, is Ephesians 6:10, "Finally, my brethren (my brothers and sisters in Christ), be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might."
God said to Paul in 1 Corinthians 12:9, "My grace (God giving us what we don't deserve) is sufficient for thee: (now here's the reason why it is) for my strength is made perfect (means complete or mature) in weakness."
We can live a life pleasing to God and that reflects His active participation in our lives, as long as we have The Right Man (a.k.a. the Lord Jesus) on our side.
I pray this devot. will bless you as it did me! I've have included the song link again in case you want to re-listen to verse 2. Lord bless/keep you and yours this week! Devot. below
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| | July 12, 2016
The Right Man on Our Side
“Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.” (Luke 22:31-32)
Satan wanted Peter to fall, and fall he would (v. 34), but Christ had prayed for him that victory would come. The second verse of “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” reflects our vulnerability on our own and our invincibility on His side.Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right man on our side, the man of God’s own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus it is He,
Lord Sabaoth, His name,
From age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
After revealing many thrilling blessings, Paul asks: “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). Furthermore, neither “principalities, nor powers” nor any thing else in all creation is “able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). With Him, Satan cannot win the battle for our minds or destinies. But on our own, we cannot win.
The term Sabaoth is the Hebrew word for “hosts,” in particular the “host of heaven.” The term Yahweh Sabaoth or “Lord Sabaoth” occurs some 300 times in the Old Testament and constitutes a most majestic name for God. “For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called” (Isaiah 54:5). This is none other than “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” (Hebrews 13:8). Creator (Colossians 1:16), Sustainer (v. 17), Redeemer (v. 20)—He must win the battle. JDM
Click here for the sheet music for this hymn.
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