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The
Myth ~ Numerical quantity is what is important to
God. Mankind tends to measure success by
numbers—the more the merrier. It does
feel great (pride) to have large numbers of followers. God is not impressed by outward
appearance.
Even Jesus Christ, while on earth in human form, was not
particularly attractive. “For He shall
grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has
no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief. And
we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him” (Isaiah 53:2-3).
Relevant
Scripture ~ God is interested in the inner man, not the
outward appearance. “‘For My thoughts are
not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah
55:8-9).
Biblical
Example ~ There are many Biblical examples to show that
numerical superiority is not what God covets.
One prime example is the story of Gideon (Judges 6-8). Gideon started out with 32,000 men, but God
reduced Gideon’s to a mere 300 men of His choosing (Judges 7:2-8). Since God was in it victory followed. Notice, that God used less than 1% of
Gideon’s army to achieve victory!
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Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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