He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
If we parallel Deborah’s story in Judges with our world, who does the tribe of Dan represent? Dan is the Christian who belongs to God’s family, knows of God’s claims upon him, hears His call—but does not respond.
He remains in his ship shop when God wants him to “seek first the kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33). The music of the tinkling till, applause of the unconverted, or opinion of family and friends deafen him to the call of the living God. Dan sings about “the sweet bye-and-bye on the beautiful shore”—but will his ship reach it, or just flounder in the sea of life? Can this be?
Look at the wreckage of lives where people have chosen the wrong priorities. Some of the saddest people have been those who did not keep their eyes on God, and things went terribly wrong in the end. Success turned to ashes, popularity went sour.
They chose the Danite opportunities of the ship shop: they let others follow Christ to His harvest field, or battlefield, or maybe mission field.
In the end, they saw their joy and contentment turn to tragedy: “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!” (Jeremiah 8:20).
Zebulun and Naphtali exchanged their pruning hooks for spears. Children were hugged, weeping wives kissed, and the men marched away into the dust of battle. “Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield” (Judges 5:18).
That is high praise; the kind of praise that you want to hear from God.
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2015 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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