Good Morning Friends,
There is an old hymn … Come Thou Fount … that contains a strange phrase in it. It says,
“Here I raise mine Ebenezer.” It’s a phrase that comes out of 1 Samuel 7.
“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between
Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far has the LORD helped
us.’ So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israelite territory
again.” (1 Samuel 7:12-13)
Ebenezer literally means “stone of help.” It
was a memorial marker that Samuel erected to remind the Israelites of the
deliverance the Lord had provided them. The Philistines had come to attack the
Israelites while Israel was gathered to worship the Lord and thank Him for the
return of the Ark of the Covenant. But the plan of Philistines was thwarted by
the intervention of God. The Philistines never got the opportunity to attack,
God threw them into a panic and Israel was able to defeat them soundly that
day.
God came to Israel’s help and Samuel didn’t
want the people of Israel ever to forget that.
Are there any Ebenezer’s in your life? Certainly
there have been times when God has come to your help. Are there any markers
that remind you of those times when God has helped you?
Our memories are so poor. We so easily and
quickly forget when God has come to our aid. Next time He does, raise an
Ebenezer, establish a marker that will remind you of it.
His, by Grace, Steve
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