What shall we then say
to these things? If God be for us… – Rom 8:31
Josh 7:1-7 narrates how the Israelites were
soundly routed by the inhabitants of the Canaanite town of Ai. We know the story, they lost 36 of the three thousand soldiers
sent into the Land, and they all returned home devastated and miserable about
the defeat.
It’s quite interesting that the Israelites
didn’t attribute their loss to poor logistics, their probable inferior skills
or even the fact that they sent three thousand men to fight a town of twelve
thousand! None of that was considered; they lost and all they could think was,
“This was not supposed to happen”.
Evidently, the Israelites had more faith in the
Old covenant than we in the New Testament have in ours. Because when we experience failure and defeat in our
lives today we usually take it as a natural consequence of things. “Life
happens”, we often respond.
But to the Israelites, God, not life, was what
was supposed to happen. Whenever they were in a battle, God fights for them,
period. No questions asked. It didn’t matter the size and the pedigree of the
opposing army, victory was assured. Sometimes, the LORD doesn’t even hide His
gross partiality and favouritism to them; He’d send in hail to kill more
enemies than the Israelites did, He’d make the Sun stand still to give them an
advantage, He’d even reveal the military strategies of the enemy nation, (Josh
10:11-14; Jdg 5:20; 2Ki 6:12, etc.).
Beloved, God doesn’t love the Israelites more
than He loves you; as a matter of fact, whatever affection He had for them
under the Old Covenant pales into insignificance compared to the love He has
for you whom He has accepted in His Beloved Son (Eph 1:6).
So live with an expectation of victory every
day of your life; God expects no less from you.
AMEN.
More Blessings await
you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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