Today's encouragement comes from 1 Samuel 2:1b, where we read these words:
" . . . I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation."This little phrase (above), originally spoken by Hannah the mother of the pro-phet Samuel, inspires us today. When the Holy Scriptures speak of God, or His churched children, "smiling" at their foes, what it means is that they [God and His saints] are relishing their victory over them [God’s enemies]—all in Christ.
The poor devil and his human minions are very miserable creatures. They envy the freedom of the true children of God; and though they trouble us as best they can, in the end everything they seek to do against us (the church) eventually results in forwarding our happiness. The same can be said for the flesh, and the world. In light of this marvel, let us "smile at [all our] enemies."
[Puritan quote of the day: "Take heed, that you do not lay the stress and weight of all your comfort upon duty . . . " —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up For The Downcast"]
