DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- AN EBENEZER
"Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer, saying, 'Thus far has the LORD helped us.' "
(I Samuel 7:12)
Ebenezer. This is not Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" fame. This monument that Samuel erected was a stone of remembrance for all the times God had helped Israel, and there were many – deliverance from Egypt, supplying water and food in the wilderness, victories in the conquest of Promised Land, and more recently, returning the Ark of the Covenant from the hands of the Philistines, just to name a few.
We all need to set up a metaphorical Ebenezer Stone as a point of remembering all the times the LORD has helped us, bringing us through difficult and challenging times. One doesn't have to be a Christian very long to recognize the hand of God's blessings, protection and deliverance from dangerous situations. Thus far has the LORD helped us, and we can trust Him for the future.
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