Thursday, May 24, 2012
Faith's Check Book, Daily
Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
One a Majority!
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord
your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. (Joshua
23:10)
Why count
heads? One man with God is a majority though there be a thousand on the other
side. Sometimes our helpers may be too many for God to work with them, as was the
case with Gideon, who could do nothing till he had increased his forces by
thinning out their numbers. But the Lord's hosts are never too few. When God
would found a nation, He called Abram alone and blessed him. When He would
vanquish proud Pharaoh, He used no armies, but only Moses and Aaron. The
"one-man ministry," as certain wise men call it, has been far more
used of the Lord than trained bands with their officers. Did all the Israelites
together slay so many as Samson alone? Saul and his hosts slew their thousands
but David his ten thousands.
The Lord
can give the enemy long odds and yet vanquish him. If we have faith, we have
God with us, and what are multitudes of men? One shepherd's dog can drive
before him a flock of sheep. If the Lord sent thee, O my brother, His strength
will accomplish His divine purpose. Wherefore, rely on the promise, and be very
courageous.
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