Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear!
What is this verse? Who is this guy? Gazing at Goliath, he asks:
Who is this ... uncircumcised Philistine that dares to defy the armies of the living God?!!
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear (Ps27.3)
What kind of viewpoint is this? This is Divine viewpoint, under pressure.
This is David. And this is a normal Christian.
Not extraordinary. Normal.
Not hyperspiritual.
Spiritual.
Ordinarily he's afraid, and no better than others.
But the Spirit of the 2nd Adam, is in him.
And he's not backing up, putting up or shutting up.
I don't care if it's the Communist party or Darius or Nero or the Ayatollah or a host encamping against us.
Who is this that dares to defy the hosts of the living God.
The resurrective Spirit of Christ keeps quickening us.
You can lock us up, we'll write an epistle.
You can ban us, we'll go underground.
You can threaten us and having done all to stand, we stand.
You can knock us down but not knock us out.
We're not backing up, putting up nor shutting up.
We are not careful to answer in this matter..
if it be so, our God is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand O king. But if not, be it known unto thee [I like that part - be it known unto thee].. O king, that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image.
You just ain't going to get Mordecai to bow.
We are not even careful to answer in this matter!
It's a no brainer. No administrative deliberating of pros and cons and risks and cost.
This is dead simple. Not even careful to answer; whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more that unto God, judge ye. [Ac4.19]
This is super simple. Nothing complicated about it. No rationalizing, contemporizing, reasonableizing, not capitulating.
My Bible still says, Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some if [I like that part because there were some Hebrews that were forsaking],.. but MORE SO as you see the day approaching. Maybe if there weren't so many "some's", maybe if we did it "more so", instead of cowering like petrified little Saulish conscripts, the enemy would think thrice before daring to defy the armies of the living God.
Lastly, the only one who has anything to fear are those who dare to defy the hosts of the living God.
Look what happened to David's enemies. Look what happened to Goliath. Look what happened to the leaders of Communist Russia, Romania, Rome, Darius and Nebucadnezzar :) And look what happened to Uzziah when he dared to do what appertainethed not unto him by presuming to tamper in the things of the temple. He got Corona Virus in his forehead.. sorry leprosy. And he died of it.
God has a way of dealing with those that dare to presumptuously exceed the bounds their authority and presume to dictate to the church how, when and if the church can meet, whatever reasonable non-biblical good excuse they give.
Though a host encamp against me I will not fear.
This is not fluff, nor empty words, nor fake, nor inauthentic flesh, nor anything else, this is a real, simple, childlike, spirit-filled, normal, genuine, faith-filled, confession of dynamic spiritual optimism that offends Satan, and sends a message that we actually do believe that it's better to obey God than man -- no matter how reasonable and rational and costly and inconvenient it is.
Honoring authority, not rebelling nor reviling authority, is a matter of the heart attitude, which we maintain at all times;
Obeying God rather than man is a matter of the feet. We believe in both principles, and this might be just one of those rare instances where we practice both.
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear
What is this verse? Who is this guy? Gazing at Goliath, he asks:
Who is this ... uncircumcised Philistine that dares to defy the armies of the living God?!!
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear (Ps27.3)
What kind of viewpoint is this? This is Divine viewpoint, under pressure.
This is David. And this is a normal Christian.
Not extraordinary. Normal.
Not hyperspiritual.
Spiritual.
Ordinarily he's afraid, and no better than others.
But the Spirit of the 2nd Adam, is in him.
And he's not backing up, putting up or shutting up.
I don't care if it's the Communist party or Darius or Nero or the Ayatollah or a host encamping against us.
Who is this that dares to defy the hosts of the living God.
The resurrective Spirit of Christ keeps quickening us.
You can lock us up, we'll write an epistle.
You can ban us, we'll go underground.
You can threaten us and having done all to stand, we stand.
You can knock us down but not knock us out.
We're not backing up, putting up nor shutting up.
We are not careful to answer in this matter..
if it be so, our God is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand O king. But if not, be it known unto thee [I like that part - be it known unto thee].. O king, that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image.
You just ain't going to get Mordecai to bow.
We are not even careful to answer in this matter!
It's a no brainer. No administrative deliberating of pros and cons and risks and cost.
This is dead simple. Not even careful to answer; whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more that unto God, judge ye. [Ac4.19]
This is super simple. Nothing complicated about it. No rationalizing, contemporizing, reasonableizing, not capitulating.
My Bible still says, Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some if [I like that part because there were some Hebrews that were forsaking],.. but MORE SO as you see the day approaching. Maybe if there weren't so many "some's", maybe if we did it "more so", instead of cowering like petrified little Saulish conscripts, the enemy would think thrice before daring to defy the armies of the living God.
Lastly, the only one who has anything to fear are those who dare to defy the hosts of the living God.
Look what happened to David's enemies. Look what happened to Goliath. Look what happened to the leaders of Communist Russia, Romania, Rome, Darius and Nebucadnezzar :) And look what happened to Uzziah when he dared to do what appertainethed not unto him by presuming to tamper in the things of the temple. He got Corona Virus in his forehead.. sorry leprosy. And he died of it.
God has a way of dealing with those that dare to presumptuously exceed the bounds their authority and presume to dictate to the church how, when and if the church can meet, whatever reasonable non-biblical good excuse they give.
Though a host encamp against me I will not fear.
This is not fluff, nor empty words, nor fake, nor inauthentic flesh, nor anything else, this is a real, simple, childlike, spirit-filled, normal, genuine, faith-filled, confession of dynamic spiritual optimism that offends Satan, and sends a message that we actually do believe that it's better to obey God than man -- no matter how reasonable and rational and costly and inconvenient it is.
Honoring authority, not rebelling nor reviling authority, is a matter of the heart attitude, which we maintain at all times;
Obeying God rather than man is a matter of the feet. We believe in both principles, and this might be just one of those rare instances where we practice both.
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear
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