GOD’S WORD FOR SEPTEMBER 2

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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THE “MEASLY” 300

Judges 7:7

“Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.”

D.L. MOODY

It would be a good thing for the church of God if all of the fearful and faithless ones were to step to the rear, and let those who are full of faith and courage take their empty pitchers and go forward against the enemy.  The little band of three hundred men who were left with Gideon routed the Midianites,  but it was not heir own might that gave them the victory.  It was “the sword of the Lord and of Gideon” (Judges 7:8).  If we go on in the Name of the Lord, and trusting His might, we shall succeed too.

ERWIN LUTZER

What kind of a person does God use?  Consider:  Gideon was outnumbered four hundred and fifty to one!  God uses a person of faith, not fear.  A person of focus, not carelessness!

You can’t be too small for God to use.  God delights in taking that which is despised, small and unassuming, and using our weaknesses for His glory.  Often it is not a matter of giftedness or talent that He honors:  He honors humility.  Though you can’t be too small for God to use, you CAN be too big for Him to use. 

The Scripture says God is able to save by many or by few (1 Samuel 14:6).  Let us never forget that the battle is the Lord’s!

God uses imperfect and weak saints who never forget that the battle is the Lord’s!  Apply that to your personal battle today!

PRAYER

Father, today, I transfer the weight of my personal battle to your shoulders.

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Philippians 2:3-5

 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves;  do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.  Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

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    Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all these things,

So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.

“But I will look to this one,

At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.

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         Matthew 5:5

    Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

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         Isaiah 57:15

    For thus says the High and Lofty One

    Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:

    “I dwell in the high and holy place,

    With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,

    To revive the spirit of the humble,

    And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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     Luke 18:14

    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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    John 8:29

    And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”

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    Proverbs 15:33

    The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom,

    And before honor is humility.

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    Matthew 20:25-27

    But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them.  It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant,  and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave;

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    Romans 12:3

    For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

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