JUST FOR LADIES – By Camille Stahl
Today’s Passages – 1 Corinthians 10 – 12 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)
(Second Milers also read –Psalms 6 – 10; Proverbs 2)
Listen to this morning’s Scripture Song – Psalm 18:3 & 46
Read the “1202 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Read previous posts from this passage – “Learn From The Past“, “Are You Unworthy?” and “Be Careful“
Who’s Your Daddy?
“Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.” (1 Corinthians 10:1-6)
Our text starts off with the writer talking about the remembrance of the time when Israel first left Egypt. For four hundred years they prayed to be freed from the bondage of Egypt. They wanted to have the freedom to worship Jehovah God, and God answered their prayers. He send Moses who led them out to the mountain of God. On the way they passed on dry ground as the enemy drowned before their eyes. They witness the very presents of God in a pillar of fire by night and a cloud during the day. He fed them manner from Heaven and they drank the water from the rocks. But how quickly they forgot the very One who was with them each moment of the day.
“And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.” (Judges 2:10-14)
Now I would like to look at verse 6.
“Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.”
God has written His, road map / instructional book, the Bible. It is to guide us and protect us as the pillar of fire and cloud did for the children of Israel. He didn’t free His children from Egypt’s clutches without walking with them and showing them the way. Neither will He leave us to flounder to find our own way. We try to point our finger at Israel and wonder how they could form a calf of gold to worship it under the mountain of God. Are we not just like them? We have our gods we worship. Money, boats, jewelry, a sports team, other people and many more. These ‘gods’ keep us from serving the One True God. You ask how? Sports may keep you out of church because of playing or watching them. Riches may have you working a second or third job during church time to pay for them. Other people may entice you to stay out late on a Saturday night. Now you’re unable to get up for church the next day and even miss your devotion time.
All that said to say, we must be in our Bible daily to learn from the examples revealed to us. The Bible is our instruction to learn Evil’s crafty ways and avoid them. It’s our sword. Most would never dream of going anywhere without our cell phones. How then can we leave our home in the morning without spending time with God?
Together let’s fight the Devil until he goes where he belongs.
Thank You
Revelations 20:10
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