Open a Bible to 1 Chronicles, chapter 1. Even when you look at it, you are tempted to think, “There’s not going to be a whole lot of inspiration in my Bible reading today!” Well, outside from the fact that each and every name listed there represents a life that is precious to God, you can find some drops of dew that glisten in the sunlight of God’s love.
Take verse 10 for example. It says, “Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.”
When I read that, I thought, “Oh, that I may grow to be a mighty warrior!” Then I asked myself, “How can I do that? How can I grow to be a mighty warrior in God’s army?” Quickly the answers came:
- Humility and submission before my Commander
- Total obedience to my Commander
- Deployment according the His plan
- Courage in the face of a brutal enemy
- Nourishment from the supply lines of heaven
- Careful observation and awareness of my surroundings
- Training – to gain skills and to increase stamina and strength
- Rest
- Partnerships with other warriors around me
- Faith in the strength of my Commander
- Fighting through fears
- Tenacity
- Fervor
- Seeking wisdom from my Commander
- Refusing to be defeated – coming back from setbacks
May God help me to grow to be a mighty warrior! May you, too, grow as a warrior in his cause.
(PS – I noticed another dew drop but didn’t examine it closely. It is in verse 19 about Peleg. What do you see there?)
2 comments:
I've often wondered what was meant by the earth being divided. Was it a geological division along the lines of what science refers to continental drift? Was it a national, political, ethnic division such as probably occurred after the tower of Babel? Or was it a division on a plane we can not see, say spiritual versus physical? I've always favored a geological interpretation. How cool to be living at a time when God actually changed the physical structure of the earth. What do you think it means?
I tend to spiritualize things, perhaps too much. I've thought about the continental drift aspect of it, and it is fascinating. But, outside of the excitement of it, there is little to commend thinking along those lines to me. Why would one man be singled out for a time when the continents were severed? I think that Peleg himself was the divider and it was along JWade's national, political, and ethnic lines - in the time of Noah's descendants' lines - Shem, Ham and Japheth. It is fascinating, also, to think about the spiritual division aspect. I had never thoujght of that before. This spiritual division had been evident just before the time of Noah - daughters of man and sons of God. This division might have "resurfaced" at the tower of Babel... Fascinating...
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