Two-Minute Manna

Just as Sanballat addressed an army, our adversary has an army of demons. This life is a battleground, gang. That’s why we shouldn’t be surprised if sometimes we wake up feeling as though tanks had rolled over us. There’s a war going on and sometimes we feel the fallout from it.

“Will these feeble Jews fortify themselves?” Sanballat asks. “Will they launch a rebellion against the king from their walled city? Will they really sacrifice once the walls are up, or will they simply live lives of luxury?” Sanballat’s questions are the same ones Satan asks us. All of these questions deal with the future - and the Lord doesn’t always answer questions that relate to our future because He tells us to “take no thought for the morrow” (see Matthew 6:34).

In John 13, we read that it was because Jesus knew from whence He came and where He was going that He was able to wash the disciples’ feet. He wasn’t concerned about the past or the future. Consequently, He could minister in the present moment. That’s always the way it is. Faith takes care of the past because our sins are washed away. Hope secures the future because we know we’re going to Heaven. That allows us to love in the present.

We are to walk by faith. Faith means we don’t know what’s ahead or around the next bend. All we need to know is that God is with us right now. You might be having lots of questions and dealing with lots of issues about the future. But the Lord would have you know that He wants to give you peace not that comes from your understanding, but that passes it (Philippians 4:7) so that you can say, “I trust You, Lord.”