If God tells you to dig a ditch, dig a ditch. Whether it makes sense to you or not. How often we likely miss out on God's magnificent demonstrations of His power when we fail to heed His word to us.
Tonight is our first night at our Port. St. John campus, and we are excited about what God is going to do. He told us to start a contemporary casual service on Saturday nights in PSJ, and we have obeyed. Tonight is just the beginning of some neat things God is going to do.
On Sunday mornings here at Calvary Chapel Space Coast Titusville campus we are going through 2 Kings, and have seen how God sometimes calls us on us to do strange things in order to demonstrate His power.
The Israelite army is facing the army of Moab and God tells them through the prophet Elisha to dig ditches!
And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this valley full of ditches.' For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.' And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
(2Ki 3:16-18)
What's really strange, is that even though God says He will miraculously provide water for them if they dig the ditches He doesn't really tell them what this has to do with winning a victory against the Moabite army.
You'll have to read the rest of 2 Kings chapter 3 for yourself if you want to see what God had cooking. What I WILL tell you is that God showed up big, and the Israelites came out on top BIG.
As we go through our survey of the whole Bible in six weeks during our daily abide in His word teaching (abideinhisword.com) it reminds me of how often God asks His children to trust Him and how He demonstrates His love and power to deliver in some pretty amazing ways.
God can work in the midst of the ordinary, but He takes great delight in working in the midst of the out-of-the-ordinary so that man doesn't think his victories are through his own wisdom or might.
Not by power, not by might, but by My Spirit says the Lord.
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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