{"id":6036,"date":"2016-10-27T07:45:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T11:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2016-10-27T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T11:46:23","slug":"yesterdays-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2016\/10\/27\/yesterdays-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"

“David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.”\u00a0 I Samuel 17:37<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The above verse is part of young David’s response to King Saul who was questioning David’s ability to slay Goliath. In this verse, we see David speaking to the king with CONFIDENCE that God would indeed deliver him!<\/p>\n

“…he will<\/span> deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine…”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

How could David speak with such boldness…such assurance in the Lord’s deliverance?\u00a0 This young shepherd boy was looking back and remembering other battles in his life where God had wrought deliverance. It is from these past victories that David is receiving strength for his present battle.<\/p>\n

Oh my…how I thank the Lord this morning for past victories! Now, at the time…when those victories were battles…I can’t really say that I was thankful for them. Just as it is doubtful that David was praising God for the lion who was about to make a meal out of him, I must admit that in the midst of past trials, there have been times when the battle was raging pretty fierce…and thanking God was not the first thing on my mind.<\/p>\n

But NOW, I look back to those battles that turned into victories and I THANK GOD for them! It is yesterday’s battles that give me strength for today! It is yesterday’s battles that give me CONFIDENCE in MY GOD Who WILL DELIVER once again!\u00a0 AMEN!<\/p>\n

Reading the above verse this morning brought to my mind a song that we have on a cd. This morning, are you in the midst of a battle? Look back to past trials in your life where the Lord wrought deliverance and receive STRENGTH and CONFIDENCE for today!\u00a0 He’s the same God that saw you through way back then. You can trust Him to\u00a0deliver you once\u00a0again.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Battles<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve lived through days
\nFilled with heartache and pain
\nAnd prayed to the Father
\nTo take them away
\nThen I heard Him whisper,
\n\u201cI\u2019m always with you
\nI hold tomorrow,
\nI\u2019ll bring you through\u201d<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s trials<\/strong>
\nGive me strength for today<\/strong>
\nAnd they serve to remind me<\/strong>
\nThat He\u2019ll make a way<\/strong>
\nThe nighttime is over,<\/strong>
\nAnd now I can see<\/strong>
\nThat yesterday\u2019s battles<\/strong>
\nAre today\u2019s victories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are weary
\nFrom the burdens you bear
\nSo tired of struggling
\nAnd getting nowhere
\nGive them to Jesus.
\nHe\u2019ll stand in your place
\nWhen it is over,
\nYou\u2019ll once again say<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s trials<\/strong>
\nGive me strength for today<\/strong>
\nAnd they serve to remind me<\/strong>
\nThat He\u2019ll make a way<\/strong>
\nThe nighttime is over,<\/strong>
\nAnd now I can see<\/strong>
\nThat yesterday\u2019s battles<\/strong>
\nAre today\u2019s victories.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Patti Hawkins)<\/p>\n

“And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember <\/span>the years of the right hand of the most High. I will remember<\/span> the works of the LORD: surely I will remember<\/span> thy wonders of old. I will meditate<\/span> also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.” Psalm 77:10-12\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.”\u00a0 I Samuel 17:37 The above verse is part of young David’s response to King Saul who was questioning David’s ability to slay Goliath. In this verse, we see David speaking to the king with CONFIDENCE that God would indeed deliver him! “…he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine…” How could David speak with such boldness…such assurance in the Lord’s deliverance?\u00a0 This young shepherd boy was looking back and remembering other battles in his life where God had wrought deliverance. It is from these past victories that David is receiving strength for his present battle. Oh my…how I thank the Lord this morning for past victories! Now, at the time…when those victories were battles…I can’t really say that I was thankful for them. Just as it is doubtful that David was praising God for the lion who was about to make a meal out of him, I must admit that in the midst of past trials, there have been times when the battle was raging pretty fierce…and thanking God was not the first thing on my mind. But NOW, I look back to those battles that turned into victories and I THANK GOD for them! It is yesterday’s battles that give me strength for today! It is yesterday’s battles that give me CONFIDENCE in MY GOD Who WILL DELIVER once again!\u00a0 AMEN! Reading the above verse this morning brought to my mind a song that we have on a cd. This morning, are you in the midst of a battle? Look back to past trials in your life where the Lord wrought deliverance and receive STRENGTH and CONFIDENCE for today!\u00a0 He’s the same God that saw you through way back then. You can trust Him to\u00a0deliver you once\u00a0again. Yesterday’s Battles I\u2019ve lived through days Filled with heartache and pain And prayed to the Father To take them away Then I heard Him whisper, \u201cI\u2019m always with you I hold tomorrow, I\u2019ll bring you through\u201d Yesterday\u2019s trials Give me strength for today And they serve to remind me That He\u2019ll make a way The nighttime is over, And now I can see That yesterday\u2019s battles Are today\u2019s victories. If you are weary From the burdens you bear So tired of struggling And getting nowhere Give them to Jesus. He\u2019ll stand in your place When it is over, You\u2019ll once again say Yesterday\u2019s trials Give me strength for today And they serve to remind me That He\u2019ll make a way The nighttime is over, And now I can see That yesterday\u2019s battles Are today\u2019s victories. (Patti Hawkins) “And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.” Psalm 77:10-12\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,26,73,3,53,42,11,72,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-courage","category-discouragement","category-faith","category-fear","category-hope","category-song","category-strength","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1zm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6036"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6038,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6036\/revisions\/6038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}