Hebrews 11:Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephtha; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets. 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
Wherever it is the case, that God is left out of the picture, the waves that persons face, whether they be waves of despair or waves of some new virus, using carnal, man-made strategies alone would never be sufficient. Some new variant of the problem will arise to frustrate, annoy, or, as was the case with the Egyptians, “Drown”.
And we can go on and on, and we can give several examples of trials, difficulties, problems and hurdles being confronted and surmounted by the faithful in ages past, and we will discover that they all had one thing in common; they did not leave God out of the picture, but rather exercised a living faith in Christ, who has promised.
It is worthy of note that in the passages given above, every difficulty, every hurdle, and every perplexity, was handled by the faithful, using that one common denominator of faith. Yes, it is true that at times the weapons employed included the temporal, such as swords, stones and the other items commonly used by those who didn’t know God.
Romans 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!