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From the CANON on this blog:
How the
worship of Baal breaks the Ten Commandments
1.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Tyrants do not believe in the true God. Their god is Tyranny. They cause their subjects to worship and be
dependent on them, rather than God.
Solutions
1.
God is omnipotent and therefore can solve any problem. He may choose to use the solutions listed
below, but he often provides in ways you could have never imagined. The poor should cry out to God for help,
rather than depending on Baal.
From today’s scripture reading:
Have
you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Isaiah
40:28-31 (NLT)
From today’s devotional:
God has a purpose and plan for your
life, and His timing is perfect. Sometimes He answers our prayers with “yes” or
“no.” But at other times, He says, “Not now.” When this is the case, we can
avail ourselves of the rich rewards that come while we wait.
One very practical blessing is that God
strengthens us as we lean on Him during delays. Isaiah 40:31 describes an eagle
soaring—an apt metaphor for how the believer who abides in the Lord will be
lifted and sustained by His Spirit. (In fact, it’s interesting to note that the
Hebrew for “wind” and “spirit” come from the same word: ruach.)
When we are facing a difficult decision,
the real key is learning to wait. There is no verse of Scripture that tells us
to take control and fight our own battles. God is the one who fights them on
our behalf (2
Chronicles 20:15). We are to be patient and trust in Him.
When David faced his greatest battles,
he waited upon the Lord. God delivered him from destruction and set his feet on
solid ground (Psalms 40:1-3). He will do the same for you. When you abide in
Him, He gives supernatural energy to accomplish the things He requires of
you—His Spirit does for you what you cannot do for yourself.
In reading through the Scriptures, we
see that every time one of God’s saints gains a victory, he or she is waiting
and trusting in the Lord. You can likewise experience triumph in your life.
When you have the omnipotent Creator of the universe acting on your behalf, you
can’t lose.
Commentary:
Compare that to
depending on Baal.
We
should not take control and fight our own battles. God is the one who fights
them on our behalf (“This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be
discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.” 2 Chronicles
20:15). We are to be patient and trust in Him.
If we
circumvent God’s power by not waiting for God’s timing, but rather depending on
Baal to supply our need, we will not experience the triumph in our life that we
would have otherwise received.
God is
omnipotent and therefore can solve any problem.
When
you have the omnipotent Creator of the universe acting on your behalf, you
can’t lose.
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