Tag: strength
Cover to Cover Reading: Psalms 35-38 Focus: Psalm 35 Nowadays, it seems almost sacrilegious to consider that we would ask God to get involved in our fights. The notion of God fighting our battles almost seems foreign to us, rather we often, instead, ask for strength and wisdom to deal with our own situation and problems. However, as we look through the Old Testament, and here in this psalm (Psalm 35), the notion that we would simply ask God for strength doesn’t appear. The picture painted throughout the Old Testament and this psalm is that God plays an active role…
Cover to Cover Reading: 1 Chronicles 11:1-13:14 Focus: 1 Chronicles 13:1-4 Throughout history, success has always been found in numbers. The legacy of the greatest leaders in history falls and stands upon the numbers which supported them. The Roman emperors, while they retained supreme authority, worked within the system of the Senate. As such, they continued successively for generations. The likes of Napoleon and Alexander the Great, while great leaders in their own time, however disintegrated as they were dictators without the structures like that of the Senate. Even now, those who find support in numbers are more likely to…
