Our Greatest Need Ron Spear - The Eternal Gospel Church

38 OUR GREATEST NEEDThey were to become thoroughly impressed with the ideathat their strength was not in the wisdom of man, nor in hismight, but only in the God of their salvation. They were thusto become accustomed to putting themselves out of the questionand relying wholly upon their divine Leader.Would those who today profess to be God’s people conductthemselves thus under similar circumstances? Doubtlessmany would wish to follow out their own plans and wouldsuggest other ways and means of accomplishing the desiredend. They would be loath to submit to so simple an arrangementand one that reflected upon themselves no glory savethe merit of obedience. They would also question the possibilityof a mighty city being conquered in that manner. But thelaw of duty is supreme. It should hold sway over human reason.Faith is the living power that presses through every barrier,overrides all obstacles, and plants its banner in the heartof the enemy’s camp.God will do marvelous things for those who trust in Him.It is because His professed people trust so much to theirown wisdom, and do not give the Lord an opportunity toreveal His power in their behalf, that they have no morestrength. He will help His believing children in every emergencyif they will place their entire confidence in Him andimplicitly obey Him. Testimonies, vol. 4, 162–163. Wordsin brackets are added.The experience of the children of Israel is to help us in ourwork. The Word of God declares, “These things happenedunto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition,upon whom the ends of the world are come.” TheLord brought the children of Israel into trying places to testtheir faith. He had promised to lead them into the promisedland, and if they had waited patiently for Him, reviving theirfaith by recounting His great goodness and wonderful worksin their behalf, He would have shortened their test. But theyforgot their Leader. Murmuring and complaining, they ventedtheir wrath upon Moses, forgetting that their emergency wasGod’s opportunity.