Wow. Nine weeks of the Word Wednesday Challenge, and we’re in I Samuel. I’m having a blast learning everyone else’s favorite verses and hearing different points of view. I especially love hearing what makes Bible verses I’ve read over and over again personal to everyone else. God is so amazing!
I Samuel 17: 47–All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s and he will give all of you into our hands.
As a firm believer in spiritual warfare and Ephesians 6:12, I love this verse. We are triumphant not because of anything we have done, but because of our God who saves. We spend a whole lot of time trusting in our own personal strength when we struggle. We trust in the strength of our military to protect us as a nation. But who is really our strength and our protector? God.
Some of you know I battled fear for years, but only God could save me. Only God could deliver me. Only God could defeat the enemy that had me tied up in chains. That is why this verse grabs me by the heart and squeezes tight. You cannot look at my life and claim any physical being healed me. You can’t call it luck or timing or anything natural. That battle was God’s, and He delivered the enemy into my hands. We could all say the same about the sins for which we’ve been forgiven. The Lord has delivered us.
Oh, that just pure ol’ excites me! Anybody want to have prayer meeting? 🙂
Okay, your turn. I Samuel. What speaks to you? Leave a comment here or blog about it and leave your address here. Can’t wait to hear from you!
-JB
Jen says
My favorite is a verse that I wrote about in a post about David and Jonathan’s relationship from 1 Samuel.
“And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.”
Here’s the original post if you didn’t catch it the first time. 🙂
http://navigatingwithgps.blogspot.com/2010/06/best-friends-forever.html
Jodie says
I commented on your blog, but I LOVE Jonathan and David’s friendship. Jonathan gave everything for David. That’s awesome.
Dawn Lucowitz says
1 Samuel 3:4-10.
In this passage The Lord calls “Samuel.” Samuel answers “Her I am.” He then runs to Eli and says, “Here I am; you called me.”
This exchange happens 3 times before Samuel “gets it” and answers “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
When I read this passage I laughed because I can picture this exchange in a cartoon or on a bad sitcom, but also because I can totally see me doing this.
How many times has the Lord tried to talk to us and we just miss it. He calls to us and we either don’t hear him, ignore him, or think it’s something else? What’s really cool though, is that God doesn’t give up. He keeps calling until we hear him and are ready to listen!
Jodie says
Okay, the sitcom thing cracked me up. But I had never thought before about how God doesn’t give up on us. Hm. I like that!