DAILY READINGS: 1 Chronicles 6; Ezekiel 8-9; John 2:1-22
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. Joshua 11:22
God commanded His people to subdue all the land of Canaan and eliminate every foe; but in this they failed, and that with tragic results. Gaza was the place where the mighty Samson came to grief (Jud. 16). From Gath arose Goliath, the giant who later terrified the armies of Israel (1 Sam. 17). Ashdod was where the Philistines took the ark of God after defeating the Israelites in battle (1 Sam. 5). So, child of God, give no quarter to “the desires of the flesh” (Eph. 2), for these will continually “war against the soul” (1 Pet. 2), thus producing defeated Christians. —W. P. M.
Fight manfully onward, dark passions subdue,
Look ever to Jesus, He will carry you through. —H. R. Palmer