Above is the battle plan of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the attack on America's Pearl Harbor Naval Base. I am sending this devotional at the exact time of the first strike on December 7, 1941, 12:55 EST.
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"Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, a fortress (literally, a house of fortresses') of defense to save me." (Psalm 31:2)
Our text is a prayer of Israel's famous psalmist, warrior, shepherd, king. King and Savior, Jesus, is exactly our text to us. Jesus hears, delivers, "speedily," is our, "Rock of refuge," our, "House of fortresses," our, "defense to save [us]." May none of us ever, ever forget this, or rely on anyone or anything other than this great declaration.
"Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, a fortress (literally, a house of fortresses') of defense to save me." (Psalm 31:2)
Our text is a prayer of Israel's famous psalmist, warrior, shepherd, king. King and Savior, Jesus, is exactly our text to us. Jesus hears, delivers, "speedily," is our, "Rock of refuge," our, "House of fortresses," our, "defense to save [us]." May none of us ever, ever forget this, or rely on anyone or anything other than this great declaration.
Pacifists need to have more of Thomas Sherwood in them. He was a Quaker who was opposed to slavery and volunteered in the Ohio 79th. Thomas was unlike some people's approach to life that when you are stroking the cat the wrong way, you turn the cat around. Thomas Sherwood was what has been referred to as a "White Abolitionist." He saw the evils of slavery----- and did something about it. I am so thankful for his "genes."
In the late 1930s for Great Britain, France and the United States of America were still war-weary from "The Great War," the "War To End All Wars." They kept operating in the delusion that people change, that if we just talk and negotiate enough, everything will turn out just fine. December 7, 1941, changed that, especially for America. There has never been a "war to end all wars," nor will there be until King Jesus' Second Appearing. "l saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but He Himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God....Coming out of His mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. 'He will rule them with an iron scepter.' He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On His robe and on His thigh He has this name written: KING OF KINS AND LORD OF LORDS." (God)
Notice that the foregoing Bible passage is in the present tense, with one future tense, and no past tense. This is yet to come about, and come about it will. Never start a day as that infamous day 75 years ago, sailors playing ball, sleeping off drunken outings, enjoying a sunny, lazy Sunday morning, thinking "all's right with the world." If the Enemy does anything, he is constantly awake and "planning" attacks, watching for weaknesses, neglects, this-could-never-happen-to-me life style. "What I say to you, I say to everyone: Watch!" These Words of our King and Savior, Jesus Christ, should begin every day.
Father, in Jesus' Name, in Holy Spirit I trust the grace to, "Watch!" Amen.
Father, in Jesus' Name, in Holy Spirit I trust the grace to, "Watch!" Amen.
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See tragic illustration of this devotional illustrated in France: jhs58.blogspot.com
