IT’S NOT OVER

Marcella Ward    July 10, 2024 

Have you ever heard the expression, “It’s not over until it’s over”?  I have been hearing this expression from so many people.  It is true.  So many times, even in our own lives when things seem so dark, we give up, lose hope and “throw in the towel” only to find out that the answer to our prayer was just around the corner and all we needed to do was just rest and wait on God. 

In the Book of Exodus after the Israelites were freed, by the hand of God, Moses led them out of Egypt.  When the Israelites came to the Red Sea they became terrified because the Egyptian army was coming after them and they had nowhere to escape except through the Red Sea. They complained to Moses but Moses told them not to fear and have faith in God because Almighty God would fight for them.  The Lord told Moses to stretch out his rod and the sea parted giving them safe passage and after they were safe on the other side Moses raised his rod again and the Egyptian army drowned.

With a small stone David defeated Goliath when all seemed lost.  Everyone was afraid of the giant who was at least 9 feet tall.  It seemed like everything would be lost but David put his faith and trust in God and David killed the giant.  The Philistines ran when they saw their hero, Goliath dead but David stood up to something that seemed impossible.

King Darius was the ruler over Babylon.  Daniel served the God of Israel and was not going to bow down to other gods, so he continued to pray three times to God Almighty and because of this he was thrown in the lion’s den.  Even though everything seemed hopeless, Daniel trusted God and when asked by the King if his God had rescued him, he said that an angel of the Lord shut the mouths of the lions.  After this King Darius issued a decree that all people should reverence and fear the God of Daniel.

King Nebuchadnezzar, another King of Babylon, required all to bow down and worship a golden image and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to do that so they were put into the fiery furnace.  They trusted in God to deliver them from the fire.  Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”  Daniel 3:24-25 (NIV)    Many people believed that this was Jesus who is the Son of God!  God did not fail them.  He was there with them just when it appeared that all hope was gone.

During the time of Christ a man named Lazarus was raised from the dead by Jesus.   Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)  So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”  When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.  So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, ⁷ and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” John 11:1-7 (NIV)

 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.  I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”  The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”  John 11:40-44 (NIV)

When Jesus died on the cross I’m sure the demons rejoiced but little did they realize that it was NOT OVER!!!!  Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins and rose on the third day and conquered death to give us eternal life with Him forever and ever!!

The following is an example of one of seventeen miraculous deliverances from defeat in many battles that the Israeli army fought.

 “During the Independence War, Ira Rappaport’s Israeli platoon fought the Jordanian military for Mount Zion and found themselves surrounded by hundreds with only twenty five bullets left. With a sad end seemingly near, the men agreed to go out with a bang and readied themselves to make good use of every last bullet. Then, just when the small platoon were about to face the inevitable, something incredible happened. The Jordanian soldiers dropped their weapons and began suddenly running away, screaming “ABRAHAM!” Several years later, Ira would come across a familiar face with an unlikely answer, as to what had actually occurred on that miraculous day. This was a former Jordanian soldier who had fought against Ira on Mount Zion. According to him, his army all witnessed a vision of Abraham defending the Jews in the sky above the Israeli platoon and had no choice, but to drop their weapons.” (Israeli Defense Forces: 17 Miraculous Israeli Military Victories May 29, 2015)

No, it is not over until God says that it is over.  So don’t get disappointed.  You need to keep the faith.  When you have done all you can do, then God will show up as only He can!  God is on the throne and His authority and power will never end.  His sovereign will, will be accomplished no matter what happens.  It’s not over until God says it’s over!!

Marcella Ward    Author of  "Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One"

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