God Wins Through Jesus

# 92 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 7:9-11, “And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Then Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. 10 Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car. (1 Sam 7: 9-11) Upon repenting of their sins and turning to God, the Israelites are faced with the counter attack of the Philistines. Gripped with fear, they ask Samuel to pray for them. Samuel takes a spotless lamb and prays. This offering is the equivalent of you and I praying today in the name of Jesus. We come to the throne of grace only because of the offering of Jesus Christ on Calvary. Heb 10:19 says, “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,” “And the Lord answered him,” He heard and honored the prayer of Samuel. In the name of Jesus, He will honor our prayers as well. He answered with furious startling thunder. Thunder on the right, thunder on the left, thunder above, thunder all around, so intense that it created panic among the troops and they scattered. The Israelites win in a rout. But this shouldn't surprise us. The prayer of Samuel wasn't the only prayer answered on this day. This victory was prayed for by Hannah back in 1Sa 2:10, “The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed." Both of these prayers and their subsequent outcome are to serve as reminders to us all, that in the end, God wins through Jesus, the enemies of Christ will be judged!