Proverbs 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Seek and you shall find. It is not always easy to seek the Lord, but the rewards of understanding the will of God will always be worth the effort. Just as a gold miner must actively seek for gold in […]
Psalms 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
In this Psalm David is honoring God by singing forth HIS praises. In this verse, you see reference to the young receiving strength to vanquish the enemies. When David defeated Goliath, he was but a youth. David had seen God give him the words to say and the strength that was necessary to demonstrate to all Israel that God would avenge them of their enemies. David may have been a youth, but God used him and David made sure that HIS own mouth gave God the glory for the great thing that HE had done.
Proverbs 31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
The sixth manifestation of virtue that Solomon was to look for in a woman he desired to marry is that she be a visionary. Solomon was to look for a woman who did not sit around and do nothing with her time and resources but instead he was to look for a woman who was proactive with her life to better herself as she waited for her future husband to find her. Solomon was instructed to look for a woman who was neither lazy nor idle but to seek a woman who actively fulfilling a vision.
Judges 7:10-11 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
God understood that after HE had cut Gideon�s army from 32,000 to 300 that Gideon was having some reservations about the Lord being with him. Gideon had seen God�s direction with the two fleeces, but that was when Gideon had 32,000 men. Gideon had obeyed God twice when he cut his army to 10,000 and then to 300. Gideon probably would have obeyed God�s instruction to attack that night. Nonetheless, God understood that while Gideon was going to obey, God wanted to encourage Gideon�s heart so that Gideon would have confidence going into battle that he was doing God�s will.
God sent Gideon to the people whom he was about to attack. Gideon and his servant heard one man telling a dream. The other man then interpreted the dream saying that God was going to deliver Midian into Gideon�s hands. The enemy was talking about how they already were doomed. God used this dream and interpretation to encourage Gideon�s heart and to give him the confidence he needed to attack that night.
