Word For Today: Thursday, November 2 Mighty Man Of Valor

WORD FOR TODAY by PASTOR JESUS ​​FIGUEROA

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Thursday, November 2

Mighty Man Of Valor

Theme: God Sees Beyond Our Weakness, He Sees Us As Strong!

 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”

Judges 6:12

Reading to read the Bible

Luke 24

Bible Versions:

Judges 6:12 (NIV)-¹² When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

Judges 6:12 (NLT)-¹² The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”

Judges 6:12(TLB)-¹² The Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty soldier, the Lord is with you!”

Devotional Thoughts:

This morning there will be occasions where we will see ourselves full of weaknesses and fears. Perhaps the situations we face have wanted to discourage and wear us down. It may be that things are not going our way and we do not understand what is happening. We read in Judges 6:13 that this was the situation of the people of Israel, ” Gideon said to Him, “O my lord,^[a] if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

It is in situations like these that God gives us security and strength to keep going. In the midst of our weakness, the Lord sees us strong! Gideon is called a warrior and brave man, when the truth was that he was full of fear and discouragement. In Judges 6:14 we see that even God commissions him for the task of defeating the enemy, “ Then the Lord turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?”  God looked at Gideon beyond his own strength, beyond how he looked at himself.

Today we can trust that our situation in the hands of the Lord will turn out well. Maybe at times fear and doubt will paralyze us to move forward. But we must trust that God is with us, no matter what our own emotions tell us! If we depend on God and submit to his will, everything will go well. Remember the promise given to Joshua, “  No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Joshua 1: 5).  Therefore, fear not, do not be dismayed, God sees you as a warrior! In God ,we are strong, and in God we are victorious.

Fundamental Text Scriptures:

Judges 2:18 (NKJV)-¹⁸ And when the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.

Exodus 3:12 (NKJV)-¹² So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

Joshua 1:5N (NKJV) ⁵ No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.

Acts 18:9-10 (NKJV)-⁹ Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”

Joshua 1:14 (NKJV)-¹⁴ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them,

Joshua 6:2 (NKJV)-² And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.

1 Samuel 16:18 (NKJV)-¹⁸ Then one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the Lord is with him.”

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