The Better Part, week #40

 

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The Better Part, Day #202:

 

Jdg 14:3 But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes."

Jdg 14:4 His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines ruled over Israel. 

 

 

Num 13:27 And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

Num 13:28 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

Num 13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."

Num 13:30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it." 

 

 

Yes, two verses today, opposite sides of the same lesson. God was going to use Samson's sin to accomplish His will; He was using Caleb's obedience for the same thing. Point being, bad times may happen because of our sin; they may happen just because they happen (as in the things that scared the other ten spies). God can accomplish His will powerfully through both; but the endings of these two men show that being obedient in the face of them gains a better reward.

 

 

 

The Better Part, Day # 203:

 

Job 37:11 Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;

Job 37:12 And they are turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world:

Job 37:13 Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come. 

 

 

I was meditating on yesterday's post, and realized this verse was exactly what I was trying to say- and again shows the interconnectedness of the living, breathing Word.

 

 

 

The Better Part, Day # 204:

 

A moment shared by David Jeremiah about President Woodrow Wilson's faith reminded me... he was also a racist. Robert E Lee, a man of faith- but fought for a system that promoted treating some as second class citizens (to be charitable). Here's one you might not know, I got from a Henry Kissinger book: The night before he resigned, alone with Kissinger, Richard Nixon got down on his knees and asked, "Pray with me, Henry". 

 

 

Point being, you can be a man of faith and have a blind spot you don't see for what it is. Lord, remind me, I don't need to be a man greater than these. I just need to see in front of my nose.