“But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.” Judges 2o ESV
God sent the children of Israel on a task to discipline the tribe of Benjamin. Each day they inquired of God, went to battle at His bidding and each day they were defeated. This obedience cost them dearly, 22,000 men died the first day, 18,000 the second yet each day God would sent them out again. They courageously formed the same battle line day after day until they finally defeated Benjamin.
Courage is the work of God's enduring grace which continually works in us the courage to endure. God asks us to do things even when it is costly to do them. Perhaps the victory He desires isn't so much that we are never knocked down but the courage to keep getting up every time we are. 3/11/2011 Conversations Within ts (Oak Mountain, AL)
Just me trying to be honest with God.
