The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 1 Samuel 12:8,
"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place."
There is a clear redemptive cycle that we read of in Israel's history. It is a cycle the Lord used in the life of Israel to draw the nation to himself. It provides us with a pattern we see the Lord use yet today as he builds his kingdom. Whenever the Israelites were safe and secure, they would wander from the Lord. The Lord would send them trouble until they would cry out to him for deliverance. The Lord would then deliver them from their trouble and they would enjoy a time of safety and security. Then... they would wander from the Lord all over again and the Lord would send trouble their way. The book of Joshua is constructed after this pattern.
In this chapter we see the following:
"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help"
"the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place."
"But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them."
"They cried out to the Lord and said, 'We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.'"
"Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety."
"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place."
There is a clear redemptive cycle that we read of in Israel's history. It is a cycle the Lord used in the life of Israel to draw the nation to himself. It provides us with a pattern we see the Lord use yet today as he builds his kingdom. Whenever the Israelites were safe and secure, they would wander from the Lord. The Lord would send them trouble until they would cry out to him for deliverance. The Lord would then deliver them from their trouble and they would enjoy a time of safety and security. Then... they would wander from the Lord all over again and the Lord would send trouble their way. The book of Joshua is constructed after this pattern.
In this chapter we see the following:
"After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the Lord for help"
"the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place."
"But they forgot the Lord their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them."
"They cried out to the Lord and said, 'We have sinned; we have forsaken the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.'"
"Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety."
Learn this cycle and you will learn one of the many ways the Lord works. The Lord is effective and productive in all he does and it is fascinating to see how he has worked in the lives of people over the years. What captures my eye is that in this cycle the Lord's mercy is always seen as he delivers his people once they turn back to him. A real lesson in this.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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