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Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines…. The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, ‘Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.’” (1 Samuel 4:1-3, ESV).

Keep in mind that at that time the nation of Israel was morally corrupt. They were living in rebellion against God. The high priest, Eli, was not the most spiritually acute person. His had two sons serving with him who were scoundrels. The only decent one was Samuel, growing up back in Shiloh. He was the only who was walking with God; there were other hidden ones, like there always are, who really knew the Lord. Overall, though, the nation was corrupt.

Why? They have the covenant of God, and they think, “Oh, we’re superior to the nations because we’re the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” That’s what Jesus had to battle in his day. The corrupt religious leaders took pride in who they were: “Abraham is our father!” Jesus said, “God could take stones and raise up children for Abraham.”

These people in 1 Samuel were trying to cover up their weak spiritual foundation with a symbol of God. You know how some people wear a cross to ward off evil spirits? If you’re a Christian and have Christ in your heart, you don’t need that. You want to wear a cross, wear it; but it’s not going to ward off anything.

Here’s another one. I love dedicating children, but I caution the parents, “Listen. You care about these children knowing Jesus? Great, but christening them and bringing them to church on Sundays doesn’t mean good luck for their life. How you live and talk in front of them means so much more.”

How are you living? Are you walking with the Lord? Are you walking in the light even as he is in the light? Do you have fellowship with him? There’s no physical object that’s going to stand in for God. We have victory through our relationship with Christ. That’s it.

How it must break the Lord’s heart when we question his ability and desire to care for us. The Bible tells us how the Lord took meticulous care of Ruth. She pledged her love to Jehovah God and told Naomi, her mother-in-law, “Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God” (Ruth 1:16, NKJV).

God loved Ruth and opened up every door for her. She was poor and had to gather wheat in the fields, but scripture says, “She happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz . . .” (Ruth 2:3). Now, there’s not a chance in the world that this just “happened.” It was God’s doing, and he knew what was best for Ruth.

Ruth simply loved and fully trusted the Lord; and he had a godly man prepared for her as a husband. Boaz saw Ruth in the fields and immediately discerned, “She’s different, really different.” His heart was captured, and Ruth and Boaz were married.

What a love story, guided by God’s own hand! If he would do that for Ruth, will he not do right by his own bride in every circumstance?

We have someone who is richer and mightier than Boaz. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He knows all and can do all, and he loves his bride. Yes, the Lord works everything in your life for your absolute best, and he takes great pleasure in doing so. Sadly, we often don’t rest in that. We doubt that he is on the job at all times, working out everything for our good.

Beloved, nothing breaks his heart more. Paul describes the bride of Christ as “a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing” (Ephesians 5:27). “Wrinkle” here means “fold,” as on one’s face, a wrinkled brow. This speaks of worry and fretting, and Paul is saying that Jesus’s bride will have no “worry lines” on her face.

The bride of Christ rests in his love. She is confident he knows where she is, how she feels, what she is going through, and what is best for her. His love brings her peace and calm. She knows he will not allow anything that will cut her off from him or hurt her. He is going to preserve her because he said, “You are mine!”

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