(Jdg 1:6) “But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. (7) And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.”  Here you have a classic fulfillment of God’s Words to all, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”  Like each of us, this one NEVER thought such a thing could happen to him. Careful. It applies to you also.

(Joshua 1:1) “Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord….”  THE SERVANT OF THE LORD had died. One of the greatest men, the most used of men for the glory of the Lord, is identified as “the servant of the Lord”. The greatest…. held the title of…. a servant! If you want your life to count as something special, be the Lord’s servant! I would rather be the servant of the Lord than a King over people!

 (Deu 1:30) “The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;”  How sad it is when God’s people forget the victories He has wrought for them in the past, in the face of today’s trials! For the Born Again Child of God, the greatest of all victories has already been accomplished, the penalty for our sins paid for and eternal life bestowed. The grave holds no power over us. Yet, we doubt His willingness to fight for us today! How sad. We owe our Lord an apology.

(Num 1:2) “Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; (3)  From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel:…” If you read 1 John, you will find that it is the young men who have fought the battles, overcoming the wicked one. The children do not fight the battles, but are protected by their father, as we are by ours! Yet, after a time of spiritual growth, we too have to fight the wicked one! Protect the babe in Christ, instructing them! Grow them to FIGHT for the sake of Christ!

(Lev 1:1) “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation,”  Later, the Lord will say, (1Ch 17:5) “For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.” The Lord traded that house for a house of flesh, the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Today, praise God, He has chosen to dwell in the individual Child of God! Do you rejoice that He now lives in YOU?

(Exo 1:8) “Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.”  Joseph was the nearest thing Egypt had to a revelation of God. He was one of God’s people and the Lord certainly had His Hand upon Joseph. That testimony was gone. So often, a family member will shine for God and those succeeding will not. Sad. What is wrong? I believe those following have not embraced the love for the Lord the one walking with God possessed! Seek to express your love and devotion to the Lord to those who will follow you!

(Gen 1:3) “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” I am convinced that the physical was given us to understand the spiritual. Light comes from God and God alone. That is true of the physical and it is also true of the spiritual. If you wish “light”, understanding of spiritual things, you will have to look to God. That begins with the Lord Jesus: (2Co_4:6) “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

(Tit 1:15) “Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.” I once had a “minister” quote the first part of that verse to me as a license to sin – “It is not sin if it is not sin to me.” Wrong. The next part says, “…but unto them that are defiled…is nothing pure;..” We defile ourselves by indulging in sin. Salvation is not a license to sin; but the ability to NOT SIN.  (Rom 6:13) “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:”

(Tit 1:14) “Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.” “Jewish fables” are called “extra-biblical”. It is one thing to state “I have read” or “this comes from”, but to state something someone wrote as fact is dangerous. There is only one Book of Truth, and that is the Word of God. All other are suspect. I, for one, will not ever READ something that brings the Word of God into question. Once I find that it does, I put it down.  

“God hath chosen the foolish things…the weak things…and base things….and things despised…that no flesh should glory in His presence.” (1 Cor 1:27-28). We are prideful by nature. Whenever the Lord uses us, there is a great danger to accept the glory for it. We are mere instruments used by the Lord. It is He Who speaks to hearts; it is He Who gives us the abilities to serve. We are to reflect glory; that is, we are to give it all to Him!