" When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him ". Proverbs 16 : 7.
But , words or rhetoric only, however good and soothing they may be , would not do much to resolve life-threatening conflicts .
Rather than hearing soothing words, persons labouring under yokes of afflictions and under-dogs such as victims of bullying and victims of exploitation would appreciate speedy intervention and concrete actions to set them free and to give them their desired peace .
Wickedness is all forms of disobedience and opposition against God .
"The wicked say there is no God".
They are unrelenting in their contempt for God , in their hatred for God's people and for anything which the wicked know is for God. Proverbs 4 : 14 -16,17.
The wicked " eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence!"
Oppressors do wickedness against their fellow men ; because they do not believe in God and so they fear neither God nor man.
"The wicked say there is no God".
They are unrelenting in their contempt for God , in their hatred for God's people and for anything which the wicked know is for God. Proverbs 4 : 14 -16,17.
The wicked " eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence!"
Oppressors do wickedness against their fellow men ; because they do not believe in God and so they fear neither God nor man.
Therefore the wicked see the righteous as soft targets for their attacks , whenever they choose to attack.
Rather than mere words of rebuke, swift action by a greater power is needed to wrest control from oppressors because the only language the wicked understands is the language of an order given by the most powerful person.
Oppressors would only let go of their victims when they know their victims have the support of a stronger deliverer ; that is a deliverer who has the name , the reputation and the fire- power to deliver all captives of the wicked and to inflict heavy losses on all oppressors.
Isaac , the child of promise to Abraham , God's friend ; obeyed God by relocating and dwelling in Gerar , in the land of the Philistines ; the land in which God promised to bless him. Genesis 26:2-6 Rather than mere words of rebuke, swift action by a greater power is needed to wrest control from oppressors because the only language the wicked understands is the language of an order given by the most powerful person.
Oppressors would only let go of their victims when they know their victims have the support of a stronger deliverer ; that is a deliverer who has the name , the reputation and the fire- power to deliver all captives of the wicked and to inflict heavy losses on all oppressors.
The Almighty God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is the Righteous Judge.
What He says He will do for His people, He has done it already.
"For the kingdom of God is not in word , but in power " . 1 Corinthians 4:20.
God remembers his Covenant to Abraham and to his seed forever , even to Abraham's present-day seed , His Church here on earth , who are called by faith.
God is not " just another big talker " ; He is the covenant-keeping God ; the Mighty God who does glorious and terrible deeds .
" Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him ". Psalm 50:3.
Not only will God come to deliver His people in the future ; He has wrought their deliverance already . He has prepared victories for His people , even before the day of their battles.
What He says He will do for His people, He has done it already.
"For the kingdom of God is not in word , but in power " . 1 Corinthians 4:20.
God remembers his Covenant to Abraham and to his seed forever , even to Abraham's present-day seed , His Church here on earth , who are called by faith.
God is not " just another big talker " ; He is the covenant-keeping God ; the Mighty God who does glorious and terrible deeds .
" Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him ". Psalm 50:3.
Not only will God come to deliver His people in the future ; He has wrought their deliverance already . He has prepared victories for His people , even before the day of their battles.
Isaac prospered in Gerar , thereby incurring the envy and hostility of of his once - friendly hosts Genesis 26:12-17.
Isaac and his people were out-numbered , perplexed and sorely afflicted by the wicked.
They faced the life-threatening challenge of severe water scarcity caused by deliberate and persistent blockages of the wells which his father Abraham had dug. Genesis 21:25 - 33.
Each time their enemies filled Abraham's wells with earth, Isaac and his herdsmen dug these wells again and again .
" O sing unto the Lord a new song ; for He has done marvellous deeds!
His right hand and His holy arm has gotten Him the victory !"
"...... thou art now the blessed of the Lord ".
Our portion in the land of the living is that ; not only our own testimonies must resound before the heathen, but also our enemies must testify, whether they like it or not , that , indeed , we have THE mighty God on our side. Amen.
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Isaac and his people were out-numbered , perplexed and sorely afflicted by the wicked.
They faced the life-threatening challenge of severe water scarcity caused by deliberate and persistent blockages of the wells which his father Abraham had dug. Genesis 21:25 - 33.
Each time their enemies filled Abraham's wells with earth, Isaac and his herdsmen dug these wells again and again .
Then God intervened and rescued Isaac , his household, his herdsmen and his flocks .
They triumphed over the stumbling blocks of his enemies who strove with them at Esek and Shitnah,
Isaac got his Rehoboth ; he came into his inheritance of peace and increase which were his even before Isaac was born.
When we know who our God is , in the day of battle when the enemy wages war against our destiny , our testimony at the end of the day, must be that we overcame them.
Isaac's enemies came , they saw and they confirmed the glorious spectacle of Isaac's promotion and increase by the Rehobothic anointing .
Great were their testimonies about the awesomeness of the God of Isaac.
They were compelled to testify publicly and acknowledge the mighty power of the God of Isaac. Genesis 26:26-27.
Thereafter , King Abimelech , Ahuzzath and Phicol who had cast Isaac from their midst .realised that Isaac was destined for greater exploits.
The
glorious testimony to the God of Isaac was that his enemies were
forced to testify that Isaac and his household had , indeed, received
unusual mercies and deliverance from the Lord, their God ; the Mighty One of Israel .They triumphed over the stumbling blocks of his enemies who strove with them at Esek and Shitnah,
Isaac got his Rehoboth ; he came into his inheritance of peace and increase which were his even before Isaac was born.
When we know who our God is , in the day of battle when the enemy wages war against our destiny , our testimony at the end of the day, must be that we overcame them.
Isaac's detractors , were incredulous when they heard about Isaac's miraculous increase.
To
the extent that the Philistine King Abimelech, his chief general and his scribe , together with their entourage , they came to check out and to confirm what they had heard about Isaac's deliverance from starvation in the desert which was their death-wish for Isaac . Isaac's enemies came , they saw and they confirmed the glorious spectacle of Isaac's promotion and increase by the Rehobothic anointing .
Great were their testimonies about the awesomeness of the God of Isaac.
They were compelled to testify publicly and acknowledge the mighty power of the God of Isaac. Genesis 26:26-27.
Thereafter , King Abimelech , Ahuzzath and Phicol who had cast Isaac from their midst .realised that Isaac was destined for greater exploits.
Thereafter,
whether they liked it or not, they had to bow to Isaac, to seek peace
with the man whom they had ganged up against and cast out from their
midst into the hostile desert .
" And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was
with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even
betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That
thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have
done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou
art now the blessed of the Lord.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink ". Genesis 26:28-30 .
May this be our song of deliverance . " O sing unto the Lord a new song ; for He has done marvellous deeds!
His right hand and His holy arm has gotten Him the victory !"
"...... thou art now the blessed of the Lord ".
Our portion in the land of the living is that ; not only our own testimonies must resound before the heathen, but also our enemies must testify, whether they like it or not , that , indeed , we have THE mighty God on our side. Amen.
* Copyright ; Pneumalithos Publishers UK.
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