and nothing shall by any means hurt you

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Posted on: 16th Dec 2013

1 Chronicles 11:22 (NKJV)

²²Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

Reflections:

Who was this amazing man? Benaiah was a mighty warrior and one of King David�s inner circle of trusted men. He was in charge of the Cherethites and the Pelethites, a part of David�s army. He was certainly not someone we would want to prod or provoke.

We recall Samson and how he killed a young lion with his bare hands (Judges 14:5-6). He was endowed with such supernatural strength that�s it�s not too hard to believe. But this Benaiah�s prowess is truly outstanding. We�re not told whether or not he had a spear, but to slay a lion under any circumstance is quite a feat.

But not only did he slay that lion, he did so in a confined pit; not to mention that it was slippery in that pit; it was snowing out! Yikes! I don�t know about you, but I think I�d pass.

Another exploit of Benaiah�s was when �he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian�s hand, and killed him with his own spear (2 Sam 23:21).� This was quite a man!

Let�s pray that we, like Benaiah, would be loyal to our King Jesus, as Benaiah was to King David. And that in like manner, in the name and authority of our Lord Jesus, we too might do mighty and outstanding exploits for the glory of God.

�Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Lk 10:19).�

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and nothing shall by any means hurt you

But not only did he slay that lion, he did so in a confined pit; not to mention that it was slippery in that pit; it was snowing out! Yikes! I don�t know about you, but I think I�d pass.

Another exploit of Benaiah�s was when �he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian�s hand, and killed him with his own spear (2 Sam 23:21).� This was quite a man!

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