Our helper ( Psalm 121 )

In  1 Samuel 7, Israel were facing their old enemy the Philistines,things were very bad because they had forsaken the Lord, and turned to other Gods. The word of God tells us if we regard iniquity  in our hearts the Lord will not listen ( Psalm 66 v 18), the result was they were on their own,they could not depend on God to come to their aid.,defeat stared them in the face.. Sin always has its consequences ,for the non-Christian it means that their eternal destiny is at stake, heaven will be barred to them. The Christian cannot sin with impunity,there will be consequences, God is no respecter of persons,Israel faced defeat because of there sin,and they knew it.But things changed they turned back to the Lord,but it didn't stop the prophet Samuel telling them that they had to forsake their sinful ways,So they confessed their sins and forsook them,it is not enough to confess our sin, we must forsake our sin,otherwise it is all fruitless,if we don't ,it is  pointless to look to God for help.Before they went into battle they asked Samuel to keep praying for them,in the hope that God would grant them victory.In mercy God responded ,by granting them a victory,over their enemies.After the victory a stone was erected, and they named it, Ebenezer,which means,'Thus far the Lord has helped us'..If only they had held unto that truth,but shortly after this they asked for a king. They had been delivered by God alone,and yet here they are looking ,beyond Him. The dilemma  that faced Israel of old ,and Gods people today is this ,we can so easily forget the God who delivered  us in the past,and put our trust in something or someone else.

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