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* Abraham sacrificing his only son Isaac;
* Noah building an ark when there had never been a flood;
* Moses having the Israelites march out in battle formation and then marching back in the direction they left..
Pharaoh thought they were crazy and then Moses led them to the Red Sea; Pharaoh thought he could
kill them all as their backs were against the wall (sea).
* Gideon; his army was whittled down to 300 men. With torches and jars they went out to defeat the enemy.
* Jericho; for 6 days they marched around the city once and on the 7th
day they marched seven times and then shouted.
* Jehoshophat who was afraid when the Ammonites & others were coming to annihilate them. He prayed, and
Jehovah said put the singers, women, children in front of the armed forces and go and meet the enemy!
All of these situations were Jehovah's direction but they seemed foolish,
illogical from a human standpoint.It seemed each time as if they would be killed.
Then the brother asked this question:
'Do you have the faith to follow the direction of the faithful slave , in these last days even if you don't understand
what they are asking and it seems as if you will die because the direction is illogical?
Will you quickly obey and trust the channel Jehovah is using ?'
He told us to carefully meditate on that because we will be in a similar
situation in the tribulation where we will think we are facing death, but we need to obey quickly the directions given.'
In his introduction the Br. who had just returned from Bethel, He sent
greetings from the Governing body. And he said the 'Faithful slave' is
very concerned about us. Especially in regards to the Br.& Sis. employment in these hard economic times.
He mentioned that the new meeting arrangement was made because of
upcoming hard times and the strain to make ends meet .
This is a small excerpt of what he said.
'Keep our heads erect and do not gaze about' ..
We don't know what Gasoline will be like in January could be $10 a gallon!
How would the friends be able to travel to meetings?
And also our jobs may be in jeopardy. How would we react if suddenly we lose
our jobs. Would we panic and not come to the meetings?
We need to downsize expenditures and get used to having a little.
He said the 'slave' advised us to read from our KM the 20 minute part.?????
Taken from Oct. 15/2005/P.8-11.
(You have to read that Watchtower. It's a glimpse into what is coming)
He also said we have to be prepare to leave everything, our belongings and be
scattered. He said how would we feel if we found ourselves homeless!! Moses did.
Moses was employed by Pharaoh , had much riches and because of circumstances, he had to be on the run and suddenly he had nothing!
No job, No food, No where to sleep. Moses was basically a homeless person!
(BOY, YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP.)
He said we have to have faith and don't be afraid .
Never allow an unexpected incident, including job loss to paralyze you ,
Do everything you can and then Wait on Jehovah silently, and see how He will
come to your aid ...Isaiah 41:10,13 -Lamen. 3:26