Michael Harrison's e-devotion

Surrounded.  Remember that song?  It is fairly new sung by Michael W Smith and some others.  It very simple and speaks to how you fight your battles as we are surrounded by God. I want to take surrounded to another level.  When we know that we are accepted and surrounded by the goodness and love of God, we respond differently and live differently. Jeremiah 31:3  NLT Long ago the   Lord   said to Israel: “I have   loved you, my people, with an   everlasting   love. With unfailing   love   I have drawn you to myself Yes, it is valentine’s day which means we make a big deal out of the special people in our lives.  There are gifts and special meals as well as flowers and time spent together. Surrounded by the love of people makes us feel good.  What else does that kind of love do for us? Builds confidence. Confirms freedom. Increases our lives because we...

You are surrounded.   That might be what you hear when you are in trouble.   It might even look like you are done, defeated and headed for a lose. I have seen movies about battles, old westerns and new military ones, when the enemy surrounded who we thought was the good guy.   Some way the good guys came out winning.   Or did they? Deuteronomy 1:30   NLT The   Lord   you r God is going ahead of   you . He will   fight   for   you , just as   you   saw him do in Egypt. In life we often feel like we are surrounded by the enemy or by the situations of life.   Seems like we are in deep trouble, but it is at that moment that we remember what God has said.   He is for us, with us and fighting the enemy for us. Isn’t that one of the most incredible things to understand?   God is for His children.   The victory is His.   The battle is His.   It is time to give it to Him.   T...