"They did not possess the land by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou delighted in them. [...] I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. [...] In God we boast all the day long...." Ps. 44:3, 6, 8a
"Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen." Matt. 6:13b
Would to God that this attitude was fully ours now and forever! Alas, our lot is to fight for it, and fight by the Spirit of God. This world and the enemy will give us constant occasion to fumble for our own bow and sword, but the child of God knows no strength save that which belongs to their Father. "Thine is the...power." We dare not forget such truth. When we say the Lord's prayer, we are not willing these things to be; we are stating our acknowledgment that these things are. It is an act of submission to the reality of Almighty God.
Do you boast in God? I am not speaking of prideful self-depreciation, but rather of having a constant acknowledgment of where the power really comes from, where the light comes from, where the truth comes from. God is not teaching us to sit down and trash ourselves (as is the custom of some). He is teaching us to live within the constant awareness of Him as the abiding reality. Those who possessed the Promised Land and those who understand the Lord's prayer are those who know (and constantly live in the light of the knowledge of) the necessity of God in their lives. Of all the knowledge we can possess, let us grasp to that one with both hands.
-Jon Vowell
"Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen." Matt. 6:13b
Would to God that this attitude was fully ours now and forever! Alas, our lot is to fight for it, and fight by the Spirit of God. This world and the enemy will give us constant occasion to fumble for our own bow and sword, but the child of God knows no strength save that which belongs to their Father. "Thine is the...power." We dare not forget such truth. When we say the Lord's prayer, we are not willing these things to be; we are stating our acknowledgment that these things are. It is an act of submission to the reality of Almighty God.
Do you boast in God? I am not speaking of prideful self-depreciation, but rather of having a constant acknowledgment of where the power really comes from, where the light comes from, where the truth comes from. God is not teaching us to sit down and trash ourselves (as is the custom of some). He is teaching us to live within the constant awareness of Him as the abiding reality. Those who possessed the Promised Land and those who understand the Lord's prayer are those who know (and constantly live in the light of the knowledge of) the necessity of God in their lives. Of all the knowledge we can possess, let us grasp to that one with both hands.
-Jon Vowell
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