Dear Family,
Today is Wednesday, May 21, 2025. This is Day 4 of Week 6 in our Counting toward Pentecost. It is our 39th Day of Counting.
The War with Amalek has many parallel details that New Testament believers relate to situations in our daily lives. Of course, one of the easiest details we find relevant is the fact that we fight spiritual battles against those fallen angels that rebelled and became God’s enemies.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Of course, our weapons are not weapons of this material earth; they are spiritual weapons that have to be provided by God.
2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;
Another important detail that parallels the story of Israel’s war with Amalek is that God’s supernatural intervention determines the outcome of the battle. God sent JOSHUA out to combat the enemy. And, God has already sent out our Savior, the Living Messiah, to overcome our spiritual enemies.
The name JOSHUA means, the salvation of the I AM or the Everliving One, the Eternal. The name is fitting! In the book of Matthew we find Mary was told her firstborn son was to save us. God knows our spiritual battles will always require God’s intercession on our behalf. God sent our Savior for this purpose; to save us and to destroy the works of the enemy.
1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
We, as the Church, are called the Beloved of the Lord in MANY scriptures (Philippians 2:12; 4:1, Colossians 3:12, etc.). God WILL deliver us! It is NOT God’s will that any one of the beloved saints of the Lord should ever loose our spiritual battle against evil.
Psalm 60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with Thy right hand, and hear me.
Psalm 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with Thy right hand, and answer me.
May God bless us all with the knowledge and faith that God WILL hear us, answer us, and deliver us!
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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