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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Samuel 14:11-22
From their fortified post on top of the peak, the Philistine look-out men saw the two young Israelites at the bottom. And they do not miss the chance to mock them.
"Come up to us", they cry with scorn, without realising that they are thus giving these two valiant men the signal which they are waiting for from the LORD – the signal for their own destruction.
But faith not only knows how to wait, it also knows how to go forward and fight when God has given the instructions to do so. With great boldness, our two fighters scale the rock and stand on the summit. They do not think of the danger they were facing, but only of the divine power. And this makes the enemies of Israel fall before them. The scorn of the preceding moment has given way to terror which, bit by bit, spreads through the Philistine camp. They, in their blind folly, start to kill each other, whilst the scattered Hebrews take courage again and reassemble. Thus small beginnings, when produced by faith, can have great results and also, if we are faithful, God will be able to use our small victories to encourage and strengthen the Christians around us.
