Bullets for the Battle

The Bullet of God’s Instruction: His People

Mrs. Charles E. Cowman authored a classic devotional book entitled Streams in the Desert. One entry, “The End of Our Strength”, contains the following thought, “God had to bring Abraham to the end of his own strength…” That phrase led my thinking to the way God picks only a few personalities in His spiritual history rather than many to teach us truth. Even though He could have picked hundreds, He did not do so in order to accommodate His vast list to our own limited capacity. By having only a few we are able to know more of them as we fill in their circumstances and progress. Although a few are easier to remember, the spiritual lessons would be the same with a hundred – or even a different person for every lesson. The Father selected Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, Isaiah, Amos or Micah for certain illustrations of truth. Yet He could use nine others we are familiar with to teach the same truth – Isaac, Ruben, Levi, Caleb, Solomon, Jeremiah, Hosea or Zechariah. He could have chosen another nine we have never even heard of. Still the Lord’s purpose would be to teach us His same points! To have used the hundreds of people He could have would have given us three Old Testaments instead of one!! He always tells us enough so that we can know enough in order that we can be enough to the end that we achieve enough to bring Him significance. So if Abraham, Moses and David keep showing up in Scripture again and again just relax! They are just examples for all of us! Ordinary men who acted extraordinary when they risked believing the Father and acting on His desires!

For Internet devotional reading Ventures for Christ recommends the Devotions.org website from Back to the Bible.