Sunday 24 April 2016

How the mighty are fallen

How the mighty have fallen, And the weapons of war perished!" – 2 Samuel 1.27

The mighty Saul was dead. All that hope was over. How indeed the mighty have fallen.

‘Might makes right’ we often hear. That sounds great, but the problem is that might doesn’t last forever. Every great and mighty world power in history has eventually fallen.

I am sure I am going to miss a few, but think about it

Mighty Egypt eventually fell into decay
Rome was eventually conquered
Greece just kind of dwindled
Persia was defeated
The Holy Roman Empire fell
The sun finally set on the great British Empire
The thousand year Third Reich only last about 10 years

The mighty fall – the Almighty never falls. God is the only One worthy of our trust and the only One we can really depend on. Only He cannot fail.

We can’t put our confidence in any mighty ones but God Himself.

‘Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:’

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