Doeg was "detained before Yahweh" that day. Held in the sanctuary, maybe fulfilling a vow, standing where God's bread was…Doeg was "detained before Yahweh" that day. Held in the sanctuary, maybe fulfilling a vow, standing where God's bread was laid out. And he watched, and he remembered, and later he used what he saw to get eighty five priests killed.
You can sit in the holy place and leave untouched. Nearness is not surrender. What am I doing with what I see there?
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Gilgal was holy ground once. Israel crossed the Jordan there, kept their first Passover in the land, began again. Now…Gilgal was holy ground once. Israel crossed the Jordan there, kept their first Passover in the land, began again. Now God says, "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them." The place of your best beginning can quietly become the place of your deepest drift. What did you once do out of love that you now do out of habit?
Lord, You ask me to dig before I see a single cloud. Give me the courage to prepare for water…Lord, You ask me to dig before I see a single cloud. Give me the courage to prepare for water I cannot yet hear, to do the ordinary work of obedience in a dry place, and to trust that You will fill what I have made ready.
Thank You that evil has an end. When You say "Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe," I…Thank You that evil has an end. When You say "Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe," I know wickedness will not run on forever unanswered. I'm grateful the judgment is Yours, not mine, and that You never mistime it or look away.
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You went out for the salvation of your people." Notice the verb. God does not send word from a safe…You went out for the salvation of your people." Notice the verb. God does not send word from a safe distance. He goes out.
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