God Will Fight For You

Deuteronomy 10 : 12 - 19,"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good? Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it. The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. NKJV

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the greatest Friend you could ever have in your life. It doesn't matter how many times you have failed Him; He still loves you and will stand in your corner with you when the enemy attacks your life. We know from the Bible that God dearly loved Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, even though they had "issues" in their lives that He had to confront and remove. They were His precious people, and if any man or nation ever rose up against them, that person or nation had to take God on as well.

God is no respecter of persons. In the same way that God defended Israel and protected them, He will also fight for you. As you read today's scripture, you saw where God told Israel that He would administer justice for the fatherless, the widow, and that He loves the stranger. It wasn't that God couldn't love anyone other than the descendants of Israel; God had chosen the Hebrews to demonstrate His love to the world through His relationship with them.

Furthermore, in the above passage, God instructs Israel to love the stranger. If He only loved and fought for Israel, why would He instruct them to reach out to and to love strangers? I'm belaboring this point to establish a truth that can greatly bless you. God isn't just the Defender of Israel. In fact, He is the defender of anyone who is considered an "underdog," reject, outcast, etc. Even though Israel made plenty of mistakes and committed serious trespasses against the Lord, He still defended them, even when they were in the wrong (Genesis 20).

When the Lord delivered the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, God led them through the wilderness with a cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. There was a time when the children of Israel needed to pass through the land of Edom (Esau's descendants), and the Edomites would not give them passage through the land. Many times Esau and his descendants made themselves enemies of Israel, and their prideful actions made them enemies of God. We're told in Romans 9 that God loved Jacob, but He hated Esau. Why was this? Read Obadiah; and you will see why God hated and completely destroyed the descendants of Esau.

God can handle us when we sin, but God hates pride. Consequently, if you've been exploited, and someone has taken advantage of you, like Esau did with Jacob, you can rest assured that God will fight for you, as long as you humble yourself under His mighty hand. Nevertheless, if you should decide to allow arrogance and pride to get in God's way, and you choose to retaliate yourself, then God will bring correction upon your life. You see; God is no respecter of persons. He will defend you when people take advantage of your weaknesses, but He will also punish you, if you allow pride to enter your heart. King Solomon tells us in Proverbs 6 how God hates pride and a haughty look. The Lord wants us to remain humble at all times, so that He can defend us against those that would rise up against us, even though we may have "issues" in our own lives. Isn't our God a great God? Can I get a witness?

Amen and Amen,
Pastor Asa Dockery

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