Pure Heart
1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
First the ark went to Beth Shemesh, but in a Raiders of the Lost Ark sort of scene, at least 70 died when they looked into it. They begged Kiriath Jearim to take it, which they did, and it stayed there 20 years.
In the very same sentence, it says that all the people mourned and sought after the Lord. What a great phrase. I suppose it was brought on by their defeats. I wish all of America would mourn and seek after the Lord. Some do, some always do, but never all or anywhere near all.
Then comes our verse. Samuel wanted to help them find God. Turning to God with all my heart means no more foreign gods. Money, jobs, relationships, self--all must go.
And then I will have God-given victory, no sooner.
And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
First the ark went to Beth Shemesh, but in a Raiders of the Lost Ark sort of scene, at least 70 died when they looked into it. They begged Kiriath Jearim to take it, which they did, and it stayed there 20 years.
In the very same sentence, it says that all the people mourned and sought after the Lord. What a great phrase. I suppose it was brought on by their defeats. I wish all of America would mourn and seek after the Lord. Some do, some always do, but never all or anywhere near all.
Then comes our verse. Samuel wanted to help them find God. Turning to God with all my heart means no more foreign gods. Money, jobs, relationships, self--all must go.
And then I will have God-given victory, no sooner.
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