Bibledoorajar: "Until the victory is won"

Last week we spoke of the tribe of Dan. They could not get what God said they needed so they took what they could find. But Israel prophesied that Gad would do well in attaining the victory over the Canaanites. They would be able to move about in the land unharmed and repeatedly protect the other tribes from their enemies. They were indeed a great asset to the fledgling kingdom when the "troops came."

     Merida: "I want my freedom."
     Queen Elinor: But are you brave enough to fight for it?"

                                                 From the movie, Brave

Gad was the son of Zilpah, the maid servant of Leah and was born before the children of Jacob's beloved Rachel. He would have known how much Israel loved Joseph and Benjamin and it must have been heartening to him when his father cemented his brave nature that he would carry into the future. Can't you just see Gad when he learned he was going to be brave enough lead his people against the onslaught of troops for the sake of freedom? The apostle Paul told his son in the faith,Timothy, the same thing and said that he had not been given a spirit of fear but of great might.

     "....I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you so that by following them you may fight the good fight holding on to the faith and a good conscience."
                                                                                                     1 Timothy 1: 18ff

This is the bravery challenge for us all. We have been given the strength through the work of the Holy Spirit, but we have to be willing to fight the good fight. Imagine taking the victory and then moving about the kingdom saving others from the enemy. Now, can we make our imagination real?