SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 7
7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 7
v. 7– Our choicest valleys are full of chariots and horsemen. These are the ministering angels sent to help us, to strengthen us, and to carry out God’s bidding in the material world. God listens to all our prayers, that are in His will, and answers them right away. In Daniel 10:11-21,
God heard Daniel’s prayer right away, but it took Gabriel awhile to get through Satan’s forces to get the message to Daniel. He had to get Michael and his forces to break a hold in the lines of Gabriel to get through. In our lives, the ministering angels bring about things of God for us, but they also sometimes have trouble getting through the lines of satan’s forces in the heavens. We have a lot to do with how things go in these battles. Our words, thoughts, and actions determine who wins the battles. Fear, doubt, pride, envy, strife, etc., will strengthen those who obey those commands–satan’s forces, while Faith, Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Patience, Gentleness, Goodness, will strengthen God’s angels, and bring the battle toward us, to allow the angels to get through to bring about God’s will in our lives. “Our choicest valleys” are the areas of our lives where we abound in the Fruits of the Spirit, and where we are submitted to the will of Our Lord, and allow our lives to be “full of the chariots”.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 8-10
8.And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 8-10
8– Satan then “discovers the covering of Judah”. He will see the covering of protection and power, the love and grace of God that He puts around His people. The more we abound in that Love and live for Our Lord, the thicker the armor that Satan will see around us.
9– We have many breaches. We have many faults–certainly none of us, of ourselves, is even nearly perfect, but the Power of the Holy Spirit is perfected in each of us. The Living Water in us will fill up the “lower pool” and keep the enemy away from the breaches in our wall.
10– We must “number our houses”. These are the little shelters we make for ourselves. The areas of our lives we keep from opening up to the Spirit of God. The areas we don’t give Jesus complete control of. We must break these down–let the Holy Spirit into every area to fortify the wall. Satan will enter any tiny crack in our lives that he thinks he can–it’s up to us to keep the wall strong.
SCRIPTURE: CHAPTER 22, VS 11-14
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.
APPLICATION: CHAPTER 22, VS 11-14
11– We sometimes wash out the walls with the water from the “old pools” in our lives. We don’t look to the Maker of the wall for these things. We make a ditch between God and us, and the waters of our old selves come in and erode the wall, then Satan can get under the wall.
12– When he gets in, of course, immediately fear, anxiety, depression, etc. set into our lives, as we lose the Joy and Strength of the Lord.
13– One of the first things satan likes to do is to have his minions turn our minds to carnal things, and to focus on the things of this world first, and put God second
14– The Lord says that as long as we have a flesh body we will be plagued by these problems. Our body and mind are imperfect even though our spirits are perfected and recreated by the Holy Spirit through Christ Jesus.