Capítulo 5: Vaciar la “codicia” En el capítulo anterior examinamos, mediante el vaciamiento del “orgullo”, el corazón que intenta exaltarse por encima de Dios y anteponer su propia voluntad. Ahora, en el capítulo 5, examinaremos la “codicia”, que junto con el orgullo se apodera profundamente de nuestra alma, nos impide estar satisfechos con Dios y nos lleva a aferrarnos continuamente a las cosas del mundo. Debemos presentarnos honestamente delante de la Palabra de Dios, enfrentar la verdadera naturaleza de la codicia que habita en nosotros y aprender cómo vaciarla. El Dr. Hee-dae Lee, quien fue director del centro oncológico de un gran hospital general, explicó en cierta ocasión las características fisiológicas de las células cancerosas comparándolas con un principio espiritual. Según los principios médicos, las células normales del cuerpo deben crecer y morir repetidamente siguiendo un orden determinado. ...
Without faith we cannot obey! When God said to Gideon, "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home," Gideon dismissed the rest of the men, except the 300, as God had instructed (Judges 7:7-8). However, considering that "the Midianites, Amalekites, and other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore" (v. 12), how was Gideon able to send 12,000 of the 22,000 Israelites home according to God's word (v. 3), and then send the remaining 11,700 people home, leaving only 300? (v. 8) For Gideon to be able to obey God's word was an impossible task without faith. He acted according to God's word because he believed in what God said, "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands" (v.7). If he had relied on his own understanding, Gideon would never have been abl...