Impulsive decisions and behaviors are often declared mistakes after they have produced suffering and pain. Saul, King of Israel, impulsively ordered his army to go without food on the day of an important battle. He vowed that if anyone ate food they would die.
Saul’s son Jonathan, unaware of his father’s orders, observed honey oozing from the trunk of a tree and couldn’t resist such a sweet treat. When Saul learned of Jonathan’s disobedience, he prepared to kill him. The commanders of the army intervened and stopped him.
Listen to their rebuke: “Should Jonathan die after leading us to a great victory today? Not a hair on his head will be harmed.”
God will utilize our strengths and our weaknesses to make sure his plans and purposes succeed. Psalm 18:2 makes this declaration: “The Lord is my strength, my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.” This can be your testimony.
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in the same way -- by our faith -- the Holy Spirit--helps us with our daily
problems and in our praying. For we don’t even know what we should pray for,
nor how to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such
feeling that it cannot be expressed in words.
~Romans
8:26 The Living Bible
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