Happy Saturday-The Battle Belongs to the Lord

Happy Saturday to you. I hope you have a great weekend ahead of you. We made it home from Mexico last night tired, but with great memories of our time there. 


We had a bit of a layover in Houston and while we were there, it was amazing how different the conversations around us were from those we had been listening to over the past few days. Lots of talk about business, what stock was selling and Westbrook renewing his contract for five years for $250,000,000. It was all so very different than talking about the little 19 year old girl with TB who had traveled more than 5 hours with her sisters to get health care; or how could we could get internet to Johnny so he could be safer in the mountains; or will there be enough nurses to cover the shifts through the end of the year or the 100 other discussions of survival that we had been having over the last 9 days. Somehow, sitting in the airport listening to all that talk, I just kept thinking maybe I had come 1,000s of miles rather than just a few hundred. 

In the Mountains we pray a lot. We pray for safety, we pray for guidance, we pray for healing, and we pray for each other. I think sometimes in our modern world where basketball players are making $50M/yr, we feel so much control, that we don't look to God so much. 

But David knew the power of Yahweh-Tsabbaoth, the LORD of hosts. 

“David answered, “You come at me with sword and spear and battle-ax. I come at you in the name of GOD -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel’s troops, whom you curse and mock. This very day GOD is handing you over to me. I’m about to kill you, cut off your head, and serve up your body and the bodies of your Philistine buddies to the crows and coyotes. The whole earth will know that there’s an extraordinary God in Israel. And everyone gathered here will learn that GOD doesn’t save by means of sword or spear. The battle belongs to GOD —he’s handing you to us on a platter!””  ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭17:45-47‬ ‭MSG‬‬

Yahweh-Tsabbaoth (or Jehovah-Sabaoth) literally means the Lord Almighty, referring to the sovereignty of God over all the powers of the universe. David understood the greatness of God when he went against Goliath with five little, smooth stones and a sling. Wouldn't it be awesome if each of us could have this same conception of God in our battles? I don't know about you, but I'm usually emotional in my battles and I'm either afraid or mad! I am not very good to just let it belong to God. 

Let's just pray today that our very next battle belongs to Jehovah-Sabaoth and it's not our own. Praise Yahweh-Tsabbaoth! 

Love you dear one,

Pam


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