“The eyes of the
Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in
behalf of them," or to unite with them "whose heart is perfect toward
him" 2 Chronicles
16:9.
God strengthened
Abraham's faith when He told him to be upright: "I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect" Genesis 17:1. He was saying,
"Act for Me and I will take care of you." Once we begin to doubt
God's protection, though, our sincerity will soon falter. Hypocrisy hides in
distrust. The unbelieving Jews, for instance, stored up manna overnight against
God's explicit instruction because they did not have faith to trust Him for the
next meal. And we do the same thing-- first we doubt His care and then we start
to lean on our own understanding.
This is the same
old weapon Satan has always used to cheat Christians out of sincerity. "Curse
God and die," he taunted Job through his will Job 2:9. Her words rang with
bitter distrust: "Why are you still holding the castle of your sincerity
for God to live in? You have been besieged long enough with sorrows on every
hand. And to this day you have not gotten any news from heaven that God cares
anything about you. Why do you not just curse Him and die?"
Jesus Himself
faced Satan's identical tactic when he tempted the Son of God to turn stones
into bread. We see, then, why it is so important for us to strengthen our faith
in the caring heart and hands of God. This is the very reason He has made such
abundant provision to shut out all doubt and fear from the hearts of His
people. God has placed His promises like safe harbors, so if a storm sweeps the
sea or an enemy chases us through the darkest night, we can tie up in one of
them and know the comfort of full protection.
"The eyes of
the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in
behalf of them," or to unite with them "whose heart is perfect toward
him" 2 Chronicles 16:9. God does not depend on others to keep watch; His
own eyes do it. He watches over us in the same way a mother takes care of her
own child.”
Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings
in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S Bell.
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