How does Leadership have its Relationship with God? ( 1 Samuel 1-3

 What only God can give should be our hearts desire. Honoring the Holy one is the first step in grace and comfort. Love cannot replace pain in the soul. Encouraging word only fex whom the Lord has not blessed. The answer is to seek the Lord alone as Paul Evens wrote in “1-2 Samuel,” “It is about those who realize they are in total reliance upon God and his grace.” (Pg. 45, 2018; Zondervan)

In our land of perversion, the righteous are called evil. The Lord will not despise a pure heart. When we pay our vows to the Lord, He gives us grace.  We find joy for the Lord is our reliance. The hand of the Most High is open to give what only He can give. Our salvation is in the Messiah alone.

We live in a world were even religious leaders are corrupt. That which is meant for the Lord is stolen. God has called each of us to stand for Him as a light in the darkness  of this present age as Rabbi Elie Mischel wrote in the article “Jews in the Pews” for the Israel Bible.

“God established the priesthood to ensure that there would always be people dedicated to helping the masses draw close to Him. But when the establishment itself becomes corrupt, “regular” people like Samuel must stand up and challenge it to ensure the establishment is purified and serves its true purpose. Merely being a priest, a descendant of Aaron, is not enough; priests must live and act with holiness.” (February 8, 2024  https://theisraelbible.com/jews-in-the-pews-rise-up/ Nov 16, 2023)

The Almighty speaks rarely so we must be ready to listen. If we are faithful in small things, He will give us greater things. God makes His will known though divine serenity, the Lord has seen the wickedness in our land and will judge.

What describes the Cyclical Pattern of Disobedience, oppression, repentance, and deliverance?(Judges 1-2)

 When we lose a mediator on earth, our purpose becomes disrupted, but we must always follow the Lord as our leader.  Without unity, we are scatter to act in the law of reprisal. The Lord has called us to a work so that accepting the ways of sin destroys our hope. Then, we become the ungodly.

We are quick to forget the power of the divine when we start succeeding in our own strength. Without the Hand of God, we will fail. Our children are no longer precious to us. Sinning, we work with evil.

In our sin, the Messiah comes down to us. He reminds us of our redemption. The Lord has made a covenant and will not forsake us so we should never ally with evil. Because we have united with evil the Lord will no dive it out completely until the End of Days. Repentance must fallow confrontation of sin.

When a generation comes, that does not know God, they serve reason and their own desire.  They abandon the God of their fathers. The Holy One will smite them. If they repent, the might be delivered.

Chazak! (Joshua 1-3)

 Be honest! Despite the fact that Moses, our esteemed rabbi and the unparalleled leader who guided us out of Egypt, has departed from this earthly realm, the sacred Torah that the Lord bestowed upon him remains an eternal beacon of wisdom and guidance. It is incumbent upon each successive generation to embrace, study, and live according to these divine teachings, ensuring that the spiritual legacy of Moses continues to illuminate our paths and shape our destinies. As the Lord was with Moses, He is with us. John Calvin in his “Commentary on Joshua” wrote this:

“And in fact, the distrust which arises from anxiety kindles in us such tumultuous feelings that on the least appearance of danger, we turmoil and miserably torment ourselves until we feel assured that God both will be with us and more than suffice for our protection. And, indeed, while he prescribes no other cure for our timidity, he reminds us that we ought to be satisfied with his present aid.”(Pg. 15 Christian Classics Ethereal Library

We must embrace divine blessings.  Complacency looses the potential riches that the Lord has in store for us.  If we did not, we still need to help those who did. Only when we have rest can we then accept His blessings. We follow Torah as guild each other in fellowship.

 When the pagan sees the Lord he will either choose to fight Omnipotence or bow. Though our live, we spread Him to the the nations. Rabbi Dr. H Freedman wrote in Joshua for the book Joshua and judges this, “When Israel is fulfills the will of the Omnipotent, His Name is magnified to the world.” (Pg.9; 1950, Soncino Press) Though that, some choose to embrace our faith.

The sign of our covenant with the Lord must walk before us. Purify yourself for the Lord to walk among you. Those who honor God find honor.

Death lips demand the reverence of the Eternal’s commandments. The Terror of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fearing Him must come first before we can learn to love Him. Like “Beauty and the Beast,” love comes out of fear. We must instill such in our children so they may live in blessing.

Greater still are acts of love. There is a unity of all things but only one God. The attributes of the Mystical YHVH are pitying the sinner, gracing the repentant, ruling, sympathizing to suffering, loving concern, long-suffering, abounding in mercy, verifying, remembering human merit, understanding, forgiving, atoning, and seeing guilt. We Love Him out of His Love for us. That Love is best expressed in doing His Torah. Dennis Prager wrote in his book the Rational Bible: Deuteronomy, “But love must be reflected in behavior. We are therefore to live according to His commandments.” (pg. 2; 2022   Regnery)

The condition of our lives should bring the love of the Lord to others. As much as we keep Torah, It keeps us. We must keep reminders to walk in faith. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki’s new book, Verses for Zion  “If we make conscious choices to govern our behavior by faith in God, the result is that we will begin to see the world through eyes that reflect that faith.”

Only by the power of the Lord can we accomplish anything. When we are full, we often forget the blessing of the divine. Then, especially we must reverence the Lord. God has a jealous desire for you. His judgment is real and He will destroy unrighteousness. Do what is right and He may create a holy possession making our countries great again.

 When someone wonders about the Lord's legitimacy in making such requests, our response is that He granted us freedom. In each generation, we have seen the “sea split” and many other miracles. The laws He has given us are for our own benefit. We find happiness in serving the Lord.There is no room for giving the Glory of God to anything else. To fallow the Lord, we must only yoke ourselves to the Children of the Lord, so we may dive each other to good works. John Calvin preached in his sermon “On Thursday, the first of August 1555 The 51st Sermon which is the first upon the seventh Chapter,”

“You shall resemble your heavenly father (says our Lord Jesus Christ) who causes his day sun to rise both upon good and bad: and therefore do good to such as are not worthy of it. Seeing that GOD has not a better reason to persuade us to show mercy, than by showing us what he himself does: it seems not in any wise convenient, that he should provoke us to cruelty.”

The Lord did not choose the Jews for their greatness, but so His greatness could be seen in them. God keeps His covenent with this who love Him. Atheism steals God's glory, which is why their societies fail. Fertility is promised to those keep His Torah.