“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 105: 19

Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Hallelujah 

Our soul, the bride, the church will become an Ebenezer.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that our soul, the bride, the church should be made as the body of Christ, the church.

Next, what we are meditating is that 1 Samuel 7: 7 – 9 Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 

So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.

Then in 1 Samuel 7: 10 – 13 Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. 

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car. 

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” 

So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

When we meditate upon the above-mentioned words, while Samuel was offering up the burnt offering the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the Lord thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and drove them back as far as below Beth Car. Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” This stone is only the pattern of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

My dear people who are reading this, the deeds of the Philistines which are gold, silver, selecting days, sooth saying all these if we destroy and leave them, it will be a big help which God is doing for us. Such people’s soul will be an Ebenezer. Let us submit ourselves to become in this manner.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

- To be continued