In my last blog, I talked
about the Israelites fight against Adoni-Bezek, a Canaanite king. There are many morsels to glean from this
recorded story in the bible, and it is worth further examination.
The name Adoni-Bezek has a
very significant meaning. The first,
Adoni, means lord or master and is somewhat similar to the word ba’al. Bezek comes from a mostly unused Hebrew root,
which exists as a verb in Aramaic where it means to scatter. So hence he was
known as the lord of the scatter.
The reason it was significant
the Israelites go up to depose him first after Joshua died? God wanted to show them, He was taking away
the giant in their lives that had done nothing but scatter them and their
household. What “lord” has been in your
life, “scattering” your blessing, your finances, your marriage, your children,
your resource?
The Word of the LORD is
clear, “ And I will restore to you the years that the
locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm…” Joel 2:25
But it won’t just come and
fall into your lap. You will have to
fight for it! What are you prepared to do?
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