Romans 8:37  “In all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us’

DAILY READING    Matthew 3; Exodus 24; Proverbs 11

During the Yom kippur war, when Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel, a 21-year-old lieutenant, named Zvika Greengold had been visiting his parents for the holiday. When he heard that war had broken out, he hitchhiked to an army base in the Golan heights where he helped with the wounded. While he was there, he saw two damaged army tanks repaired. Zvika immediatley took command of these tanks, and gathering some random soldiers, they went into battle. By this time it was already dark. In the darkness, as they fought with the Syrians, the exploding enemy tanks knocked out his radio. He therefore, jumped from his tank and took command of the second tank. However in the darkness, he lost contact with the other tank and found himself fighting alone. Soon he faced a long line of Syrian tanks, with better fighting ability and night vision. He dodged the enemy, shooting and moving; using the cover of darkness to his advantage. In no time, ten Syrian tanks were either damaged or dead. His movements so confused the Syrians that they became convinced that they had encountered a large Israeli force. Also Zvika, afraid the enemy was listening in and not wanting to give away the desperate fact that he was fighting alone, identified himself on radio to the Israeli high-command as “Zvika Force”.

Though injured at a point, for the rest of the night, he battled the Syrians. By morning, “Zvika Force” was winning the battle against the enemy. He only left the scene when there was a desperate call to pull back and join other soldiers fighting off the Syrians at the Israeli forces command center in the Golan heights.  Zvika fought with the Israeli army until they were finally able to repel the Syrian attack. When it was over, Zvika climbed out of his tank and collapsed, mumbling, “I can’t anymore.” He had been battling the enemy for 20 hours non-stop, changing tanks six times as they were shot out from under him. Beyond his ability and beyond his own thinking, he had done what he never could have imagined he could do. Zvika, an ordinary young soldier, had found himself doing alone the work of almost an entire army. At the end of the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli Defense Force awarded Zvika Greengold the Medal of Valor for his extraordinary heroism. He is one of the only eight soldiers to have earned this medal in Israel.

2 Chronicles 26:15 speaking about King Uziah says . ‘And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.’

Marvelous help will always generate marvelous strength. The help of God does for us exceedingly, abundantly, above all we could ever ask or imagine.  Indeed when strengthened through Christ, we can do all things.

Sometimes in life’s battles it can seem as if you are one man against a greater force. The fight may sometimes seem greater than what you can handle. But those times it seems you are alone and battling greater forces, have it in mind that God sees whatever you may be going through, His Name is Jehovah El-Roi, the God that sees (Genesis 16:13-14). When you are weak He will be strong for you.  And even when there seems to be no way, He will surely make a way for you. Therefore, always be assured, that as a child of God, you are never alone in your battles. Truly they that be for you are greater than they that be against you.

Romans 8:37 says “In all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us’.

When you have God on your side, you have the majority on your side. It is true that the world is a battle field, but through divine help you can escape defeat, humiliation and shame. Through the help of God, you will triumph always.

Psalm 71:7 says ‘I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.’

When God is with you,  no one can be against you; this is what assures victory in every battle. It is His grace that makes great. Even when you may not know what you are doing, somehow God will order your steps to the right place and at the right time. Indeed with divine help, you become a wonder to your world. And divine help is accessed through coming daily to God, to fellowship with Him in prayer and in His Word.  Let us therefore learn to always come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need in Jesus Mighty Name.

 PRAYER: Lord, I thank You for doing for me exceedingly, abundantly above all I could ever ask or imagine. Indeed I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me in Jesus Name. 

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There is something that God has placed within you that the world is eagerly awaiting to see.

[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK TRIUMPH OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS]