Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
{1 Samuel 7:12} (NIV)
Could we stop what we are doing right now and speak these words with truth? “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” As we read this chapter, we realize that the LORD had worked a miracle and had delivered their enemies into their hands by a supernatural act. It seems a fitting thing for these Old Testament people to set up a reminder stone of God’s help, but does it apply to us in 2013?
How about it: has God helped you thus far? Did He not bring you to a place where you could hear the gospel, open your eyes, and give you faith to believe and be saved? Has He not entered into your sinful body, to make it His holy dwelling place? Has He not worked on your mind and conscience to bring you into conflict with your sinful tendencies that are so destructive to us? Has He not brought you into fellowship with other children of God who love you and who pray for you, and help you? Has He not placed you in a century and in a country where much money and effort is put into taking care of your physical needs?
The Bible records that the LORD continued to help Israel against their enemies, and no doubt this stone was a reminder and encouragement to them in their struggle. May our lives today, bear testimony to all who come by, that the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, has helped us thus far, and therefore we are looking for His help today.
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