THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY

ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For SUNDAY, 26th FEBRUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer* 

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic: THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY 

MEMORIZE: *“The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name."* Exodus 15:3.

 *SCRIPTURE READING:  PSALM 24:7-10* 

"⁷ Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. ⁸ Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. ⁹ Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. ¹⁰ Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory."

 *EXPOSITION* :

The word "Strong" by English definition means “To be very powerful and difficult for people to fight against or defeat.”

 “To hold an opinion or a belief very firmly and seriously not to be changed by any means.”

 “Not easily upset or frightened, nor easily influenced by other people.”

 “An act of being determined to do what you want to do, even if other people advise not to.”

 “To be firmly established, difficult to destroy or to be defeated...”

Strong and mighty are military terms speaking of having strength that oppositions cannot confront or defeat. God the Father as well as the Son, Jesus Christ, are referred to as Strong and Mighty. The first war took place in heaven when Satan, the old dragon, staged war against God in attempt to overthrow Him. He was conquered and thrown out of heaven into the earth. It was written that *"And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony..."* Revelation 12:11. That proves the Lamb of God strong and mighty over the devil and his hosts.

God the Father is called Man of war. *“The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name."* Exodus 15:3. 4 

Job said concerning God that no one contends with God and prospers. *"He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?"* Job 9:4.

David boasts of the strength of God as he confronted Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, in the name and strength of the Lord of hosts. *"Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."* 1 Samuel 17:45.

He is the Judge of the earth. He will judge the devil, demons and the people both the dead and the living. *"Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud."* Psalms 94:2

 *"And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead."* Acts 10:42

 *"To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,"* Hebrews 12:23.

Therefore any man with God is more than conquerors. Those who allied themselves with God overcome the world. *"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."* Romans 8:37.

Jehoshaphat got victory without a fight when God fought for him 2 Chronicles 20. When God fought for Abijah, he subdued him enemies under him all his days. *"And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and He died."* 2 Chronicles 13:19-20. (Read 2 Chronicles 13:1-end).

PRAYER POINT: Lord, I desire and pray to be the carrier of Your presence always as the Strong and Mighty God in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Deuteronomy 28-30.

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