"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5)
"Footman," and, "horses," are no threat to those in whom Jesus Christ lives and rules. Yet there are great dangers for those who think they are quite capable of running with either or both. Maybe they have and can, but history has proven that there are threats and dangers even beyond, "footmen," and, "horses."
Much of life for us in the United States of America, for the most part, has been a, "run with the footmen....in the land of peace." Okay, so we have had wars and we had an attack on our soil on September 11, 2001, but we have had no foreign army in our nation since 1815. Then there was the "great depression," and some other "bumps," yes, in the light of human history and the unimaginable horrors experienced by some people groups, bumps along the way, but by far, for the most part, we have had a, "footmen," life.
The ancients had no idea what scientific/technological advances would be ours today. Since 1945, we have had the potential to lay waste to Planet Earth. There is absolutely no doubt that today there is no one who can, "run with," what is now before the human race. Only absolute faith in Jesus Christ, faith defined as, "trust in, rely on, cling to," and, "Abide in Me," will see anyone through the days ahead. Jesus commanded us to, "Abide in Me...for without Me you can do nothing..," or, "Without Me you can," run with nothing. Life has affirmed this to me.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I confess that it has taken me far too long to realize that I can, "run with," nothing. I pray to, "run with," YOU! Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
