“If God Be For Us.”

We have all read that scripture… “If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31

God always wants to be the “Captain” of his host! He wants us to lean on Him and Him only… not on what we think we know, or who we know, or especially our thoughts, of “I know what I’m doing, Lord.”

I love the Books of 1st and 2nd Samuel and especially the stories of David. But, I always wondered why God, who loved David so much, was so angry with him for “numbering the people in his army?” Wouldn’t it make sense, in the natural, to know how many of what kind of soldiers we have ready for battle? In the natural, that would be correct… But, the Lord wants us to depend on Him and not on statistics.

So David sent Joab, head of his host, to number all the people who could fight. This took nine months and twenty days! As soon as the words were out of Joab’s mouth, giving the number, “David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.” II Samuel 24:10

And for that, God made David choose one of three punishments He would have out… The Lord wanted David to know that he must depend on God alone, the same as when he fought the Giant. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” You and God are a MAJORITY! You don’t need anyone else to fight your battle!!! God has already won it!

Sherry