DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 8 to 9:14; Isaiah 49; 2 Cor. 10
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. Numbers 10:9
The blowing of the silver trumpets was not only to marshal Israel’s forces for war, but it was also an appeal to the Lord their God to save them from their enemies. We too are in a battle and the trumpets have been blown against the powers of darkness. As faithful soldiers, may we remember that “no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier” (2 Tim. 2:4). Lord, help in the battle. —R. E. Surgenor
Fight the good fight with all thy might;
Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right. —John S. B. Monsell