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In more than three decades of my Christian life, I have been blest by 2 types of Daily devos'
(matter not exceeding 500 words) in universal Christian literature.
Not only those Devos' which have a different theme everyday but also the ones
which revolve around a certain theme over a period of time, say a fortnight have
richly edified me. In fact, both styles have their own inherent advantages.
If the former style caters to the varying spiritual needs of a christian from day-to-day,
the latter aims 'to ground' a child of God in a certain subject in order he derives the full
benefits of the deep insightful study of a certain topic, spread over a fixed span of time.
In my Daily devo page, I have consciously tried to go in for 'a blend of both the styles'
whereby within a constant theme, I would be aiming to focus on different facets of it which admittedly
is a closer imitation of the 'Constant theme' style than the 'Varying topics' one.
For starters in the first month of January I would be dwelling on the theme of the
"Christian Journey", with the material being arranged in a Book-like format under which the pages
would be opened ( i,e..displayed on-line) on each succeeding day.
So here's wishing you a happy & an edifying read....
Suresh Manoharan
January 27th
Dangers from behind...
 
But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the LORD will go
before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard -
Isaiah 52:12
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Dear friends, how we wish, we don the all-protective Spartan Armour at all times, in order we
are protected from all kinds of dangers, especially the most pernicious ones'...the dangers
coming from behind.
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We are wary of visible dangers...the ones' coming at us from the front but what about those perils
which creep in silently from the back? The above-captioned scripture portion re-assures us that the
good Lord protects us from the latter, too! We need to go no further than
Chapters 22-24 of Numbers
to get a confirmation of this fact, for we see a very interesting story unfolding therein. Alarmed by the advance of the Israeli caravan moving
relentlessly towards the Promised Land, King Balak of Moab & other like-minded Kings hire Balaam the
wicked Prophet
(Rev 2:14) to curse the Jews secretly. At the summit of three different mountains
namely Bamoth-baal
(Numbers 22:41
Numbers 23:13), Pisgah
(Numbers 23:14-27) and Peor
(Numbers 23:28
Exodus 25:25), in 3 different instances', we see the omniscient and omnipresent
God converting the intended curse of a wicked Balaam into a blessing.
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Israelis camped down below in the plains of Moab were blissfully oblivious of the melodrama
being enacted on different mountaintops but their faithful God was at work, protecting them
from dangers befalling them from unexpected quarters.
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Well, this is not an isolated instance of the faithful God protecting his dear ones'
from unforeseen dangers. In the book of
Esther, in chapters 5-7, we see the good Lord
turning the tables on wicked, conspiring Haman even while wondrously protecting Mordecai
the honest Jew, who was ignorant of the wicked plotting of Haman behind his back.
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We, Christians, too in our homeward journey, may come across several unforeseen
dangers (man-made or of the devil), but we can trust our unchanging Protector
(Heb 13:8)
to safeguard us from the same, for we too are worshipping the same God,
whose character never changes.
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Prayer:
Father in heaven, Thou art the same yesterday, today and forever, if Thou faithfully
protected Thy dear ones' from unexpected dangers in the days gone by, won't Thou protect
us today from similar dangers? We claim Thy promise in
Isaiah 52:12, in the blessed name of
Your Son, even our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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