Making It Personal
When you think of a wake up call, what Biblical accounts come to mind? Any scriptures come to mind? I Chor. 11 comes to my mind. Here we have David as king and the people are rallying around him because he is the Lord’s man. David has set up the city and a few mighty men have come around him.
Notice that in verse 10, the mighty men strengthened themselves as a group. We cannot do it alone. Life is hard and trials and temptations come our way. One can draw strength from a personal walk with God and by spending time in His Word, but God has designed us to strengthen each other. When we get together, we gain courage. Therefore, one who chooses to stay out of church chooses to become weaker.
Read down to verse 12 and 13 and you find Eleazar and David fighting together to save a barley field. Barley in that day was basically worthless. The rest of Israel fled from the presence of the Philistines and left these two men alone. They knew the job that God had for them and they were going to complete it no matter what the odds were.
When we are obedient to God sometimes we stand alone. If we are being obedient, than it really does not matter what everyone else is doing. We are not accountable for them but we better make sure that God is first in our lives. When we are obedient to God, He’s always victorious in ways that we could never think or imagine. So, let’s wake up and do what’s right.