Yesterday the Lord led me to enter the number 642 into Eliyah's Greek lexicon. Hmm, exciting stuff. That website is such a good way to hone hearing. And I found out what that meant, below:
--a girding on (of the ephod)
And I knew that it was time to put on my spiritual armor--that the Lord was encouraging me in that. In the Old testament, the Levites had the ephod, and today, every believer has the breastplate of righteousness.
"Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" Ephesians 6:14
These are things that we ourselves are responsible to put on or apply to ourselves. God doesn't necessarily do it for us. We can apply to ourselves the Words of Truth and allow God to protect our body. How are we protected? Because we take on markings that set us apart.
And then today, I was reading 1 Samuel 30 (verses 6 through 8 below). In it, David had just experienced a huge loss and was very much out of control. But then a shift happened. David found strength in the Lord. He girded up and sought out God--to use some KJV terms.
Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. "
And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
Interesting, huh? David applied the Urim and Thummim--a way of discerning God's will--to His problems so that He could overcome them. That's how David mounted up. That's how David recovered from such a tragedy.
We need to know that God is on our side. We can't blame Him for problems or bad events. We can't think He has made loss our only option. Within the heart of God, there is a solution, There is a way out. David could seek God through inquiring of the Urim and Thummim, and we can seek God through inquiring of the Holy Spirit. And He'll give us the right answer and the right plan. Even the disciples in the book of Acts cast lots (Acts 1:26)! So we can expect God to speak to us through whatever means the Spirit prompts us to use.
We can gird on the ephod today. We can put on that breastplate of righteousness and know that God is good--that He's for us and not against us! That's when we have confidence to inquire of Him. If you ask Him what to do, He'll give you the best solution. He'll make your path perfect (Psalm 18:32)! He'll provide a window of grace that enter in through and overcome.
--a girding on (of the ephod)
And I knew that it was time to put on my spiritual armor--that the Lord was encouraging me in that. In the Old testament, the Levites had the ephod, and today, every believer has the breastplate of righteousness.
"Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" Ephesians 6:14
These are things that we ourselves are responsible to put on or apply to ourselves. God doesn't necessarily do it for us. We can apply to ourselves the Words of Truth and allow God to protect our body. How are we protected? Because we take on markings that set us apart.
And then today, I was reading 1 Samuel 30 (verses 6 through 8 below). In it, David had just experienced a huge loss and was very much out of control. But then a shift happened. David found strength in the Lord. He girded up and sought out God--to use some KJV terms.
Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. "
And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
Interesting, huh? David applied the Urim and Thummim--a way of discerning God's will--to His problems so that He could overcome them. That's how David mounted up. That's how David recovered from such a tragedy.
We need to know that God is on our side. We can't blame Him for problems or bad events. We can't think He has made loss our only option. Within the heart of God, there is a solution, There is a way out. David could seek God through inquiring of the Urim and Thummim, and we can seek God through inquiring of the Holy Spirit. And He'll give us the right answer and the right plan. Even the disciples in the book of Acts cast lots (Acts 1:26)! So we can expect God to speak to us through whatever means the Spirit prompts us to use.
We can gird on the ephod today. We can put on that breastplate of righteousness and know that God is good--that He's for us and not against us! That's when we have confidence to inquire of Him. If you ask Him what to do, He'll give you the best solution. He'll make your path perfect (Psalm 18:32)! He'll provide a window of grace that enter in through and overcome.
No comments:
Post a Comment