http://www.sgaus.org/ChapOxGoad.htm
All Shamgar had was an ox goad. Remember last week’s definition of the ox goad:



A long wooden pole that has been tipped with a sharpened iron point at one end and capped with a flattened chisel-like blade at the other end. The sharp end was used to poke the tough hide of the oxen to keep them motivated for pulling the plow; the flattened chisel-like blade was used to scrape the plowshare free of roots, thorns, and accumulated clay.



Why didn’t Shamgar have a sword, shield, or helmet? He wasn’t a professional soldier: he was a man of the soil, not a man of war. Another reason there were no swords, spears, or other weapons was that the art of making weapons and blacksmithing had been lost. The moral and social decline had decimated the Hebrew people.



Four centuries after Shamgar, in the early days of King Saul, identical conditions prevailed:



1 Sam 13:19

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.


Shamgar started where he was, and he used what he had. He picked up his ox goad and went to war. His ox goad became his weapon, and God used him to deliver the Hebrews from the Philistines. Maybe today, you are like Shamgar, and all you have is an ox goad. Whatever it may be, with God as your ox goad, it can become lethal to the enemy.




http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/goad.html

Goad

Hebrew: malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31

an instrument used by ploughman for guiding their oxen

Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think."

In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used, dorban, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.







http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/Y/YOKE/

(2) "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen" is tsemedh (1 Sam 11:7, etc.), or zeugos (Lk 14:19).
See also UNEQUAL; YOKE-FELLOW.
Burton Scott Easton


http://warc.ch/where/23gc/bible/day3.html
Is 58.6, Ps 146; Lk 7.36-50

Day three

(6) Is not this the fast I choose: to untie the shackles of wrong,
to loosen the thongs of the yoke;
to set the abused free
and every yoke to tear down?

(6) Is not the real fast I have chosen: to break the chains of injustice,
to unfasten the leather straps of slavery's yoke,
to release the crushed to freedom
and pull off every single yoke?

http://www.sgaus.org/ChapOxGoad.htm

Let’s look at three ox goads we have at our disposal that God can use in us and through us:



Ox Goad Number 1: Your Dreams and Visions


Joel 2:28/Acts 2:28:

We shall see dreams and visions.



Every great thing we will ever do begins as a dream or vision.



Habakkuk 2:1-3

1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.



Ox Goad Number 2: Your Enthusiasm


Enthusiasm has been defined as “that state of exuberance in which all things seem possible” and “faith set on fire.” It makes your mind sharper, your arm stronger, and your feet swifter. Enthusiasm lifts your spirits and fires up your will to persevere. It motivates and empowers you. Enthusiasm can compensate for a lack of money, skill, or talent. If you lack enthusiasm, then pray for it.



Psalms 66:1-2

1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.



Psalms 71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.



Ox Goad Number 3: Your Gifts


Thomas Edison, the father of 1,400 inventions, said, “If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.” Billy Sunday, the great preacher of the early twentieth century, commented, “More people fail through lack of purpose than through lack of talent.” What most of us need is not more talent, but the willingness to do more with the talent we have. AMEN and amen.



What is that unique gift or talent God has given you?



1 Cor 12:4

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.



Romans 12:6

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us.



1 Cor 12:28

And God hath set some in the church.



1 Peter 4:10

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.



We don’t need a lot of things we think we need in order to succeed. You may not have the monetary resources or the education you think it takes, but you can start where you are and use what you have - especially if you have the blessing of God on your life.

God approached Moses in the wilderness through the burning fiery bush and told him to return to Egypt, confront Pharaoh, and lead the Hebrews up from slavery. Moses immediately slinked into an excuse mode. “Who, me? I don’t have what it takes to do that!”

So God says to Moses, “What is that in your hand?” (Exodus 4:2) Moses replied, “Well, Lord, all I have is this shepherd’s staff,” and God says, “That will do. Throw it on the ground.”



When Moses obeyed, his staff turned into a snake. Then God told him to pick it up by the tail. Moses did, and it became a staff again. This staff was the instrument of God to turn the Nile River into blood and bring other great plagues on Egypt. It was the tool God used to part the Red Sea and bring about other miracles in the wilderness. That shepherd’s staff wasn’t much, but dedicated to God, it became a mighty tool!

What is it that you already have that you can use to be a blessing to others? What has God already given you to help the body of Christ?



For the shepherd boy David, his ox goad was a sling and stones.

For the widow woman in Elijah’s day, her ox goad was a little meal and oil in the bottom of a barrel.

For the little boy who brought his sack lunch when Jesus was preaching, his ox goad was five loaves and two fishes.

For Samson, his ox goad was the jawbone of a donkey.



God can use anything you got as an ox goad, just give it to Him.

http://www.mayimhayim.org/Biblical%20Dates2.htm

Lamed 12 - ADAR
Adar means: to be wide; to be made great - honourable
'Adar also means: exceeding glorious - become glorious - magnificent


The Hebrew letter Lamed is the only letter of the AlephBet whose shape ascends above all other letters. This reflects the longing aspiration of the Lamed to shuvh (return), to its source, G-d! This is the experience of the feast of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, making teshuvah (turning - return) to G-d. G-d's "Light" His Menorah, descended, Man-ifesting Himself in the person of Yeshua Messiah, the Servant Lamp bring His teaching (lamed) with Him. The Lamed is the Hebrew letter stands for "teaching." It is G-d who came down teach us His ways. This is the last month of this 4th season, the 12th month, the cycle is now about to start all over again. With G-d the cycle is always teaching us about how much He love us, that's right. He came down teaching, "that G-d was in Messiah, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Messiah, as though G-d did beseech you by us: we pray you in Messiah's stead, all of you be reconciled to G-d. For He has made Messiah to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the 'righteousness of G-d' in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:19-21) The ancient Lamed is a picture of cattle prod, a "goad," and it is used on the sheep to lead them in straight paths for one thing. This is what Messiah came down to do, to teach us His Torah.

Study: Aleph(OX)+Lamed(Ox-goad)

Born, 1997, Melody, Red Heifer Sacred Cow, Israel, ~Message of Melody~ a harbinger of the Messiah
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...rt=#entry228265


Once the reader understands, the ox (Aleph), then the understanding
of the ox-goad (Lamed) . . . becomes clear . . .


()WHY THE OX (Aleph) ?

excerpt:
http://livingjourney.wordpress.com/2006/10...ve-found-an-ox/
Why I find this interesting is because Leviticus says this about the ox or bull calf which is a shadow of the Moschiach Yeshua bar Yoseph that was to come.

Lev 9:2 and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.





() WHY THE OX-GOAD (LAMED) ?

~lamed~to Unfasten Leather Straps Of Slavery's Yoke, "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen"+OX-GOAD
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...c=21868&hl=

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/goad.html

Goad

Hebrew: malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31

an instrument used by ploughman for guiding their oxen

http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/Y/YOKE/

(2) "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen" is tsemedh (1 Sam 11:7, etc.), or zeugos (Lk 14:19).
See also UNEQUAL; YOKE-FELLOW.
Burton Scott Easton


http://warc.ch/where/23gc/bible/day3.html
Is 58.6, Ps 146; Lk 7.36-50

Day three

(6) Is not this the fast I choose: to untie the shackles of wrong,
to loosen the thongs of the yoke;
to set the abused free
and every yoke to tear down?

Rom. 8:21: . . . delivered from the bondage of corruption . . .


Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

The Anointing Destroys the yoke


POSTED VIA LOIS FAITH
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...c=25955&hl=

(audio)
http://www.esnips.com/doc/3dcc9119-41f1-4f...stroys-the-Yoke




HEALING SCHOOL & MIRACLE SERVICE - Nothing is too hard for God! His anointing destroys the yoke of sickness, weakness & disease, removing it from your life forever! "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing." Isaiah 10:27


This post has been edited by LoisFaith2000: Today, 06:10 AM


Speak to us, Lois :

Indeed, this is much needed ! Amen !



EXCERPT
Jul 31 2008, 11:15 AM
crownsevenalphabet
~lamed~to Unfasten Leather Straps Of Slavery's Yoke, "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen"+OX-GOAD
http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/Y/YOKE/



(2) "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen" is tsemedh (1 Sam 11:7, etc.), or zeugos (Lk 14:19).
See also UNEQUAL; YOKE-FELLOW.
Burton Scott Easton


http://warc.ch/where/23gc/bible/day3.html
Is 58.6, Ps 146; Lk 7.36-50

Day three

(6) Is not this the fast I choose: to untie the shackles of wrong,
to loosen the thongs of the yoke;
to set the abused free
and every yoke to tear down?

(6) Is not the real fast I have chosen: to break the chains of injustice,
to unfasten the leather straps of slavery's yoke,
to release the crushed to freedom
and pull off every single yoke?

I can testify that God is moving in my distress, and moving fast.
Although multiple difficulties have arisen in my life, I see God moving, as an Invisible Director of my life.
It humbles me very much to see walls coming down, that I could never breach myself.

Humble and grateful do I thank Him many times,
and all I can say is: ask Him!
Let your heart be totally open before God.

Amen !






excerpt
~lamed~to Unfasten Leather Straps Of Slavery's Yoke, "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen"+OX-GOAD
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...=21868&st=0


For the shepherd boy David, his ox goad was a sling and stones.

For the widow woman in Elijah’s day, her ox goad was a little meal and oil in the bottom of a barrel.

For the little boy who brought his sack lunch when Jesus was preaching, his ox goad was five loaves and two fishes.

For Samson, his ox goad was the jawbone of a donkey.



God can use anything you got as an ox goad, just give it to Him.

someone contacted me two months ago and told me that
the shakle my foot was in...was broken and the transition to a greater
liberty would be smooth.

this is a confirmation. preparing for the holy highway...

shalom,
signet

AMEN !



HEBREWS 10
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searc...amp;version=49;

35Therefore, do not throw away your (BV)confidence, which has a great (BW)reward.
36For you have need of (BX)endurance, so that when you have (BY)done the will of God, you may (BZ)receive what was promised.
37(CA)FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE,
(CB)HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.
38(CC)BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH;
AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.

39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

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HOW GOD USES THE OX-GOAD, IN OUR LIVES ! WHAT IS AN OX-GOAD ? Read below . . .





~lamed~to Unfasten Leather Straps Of Slavery's Yoke, "Yoke" in the sense of "a pair of oxen"+OX-GOAD
http://www.christian-forum.net/index.php?s...c=21868&hl=




Jul 31 2008, 12:15 PM, I found in July the true meaning of the ox-goad farming tool.
Why do I think you need to share this with me ? Because I have been since
1999, trying to understand as you are trying to understand. Now I do
understand, I will help you to understand . . .


The Lord lead me in July, to this link . . .please read these excerpt's and start to picture in your
mind, what this farming instrument is, called an ox-goad :


http://www.sgaus.org/ChapOxGoad.htm



A long wooden pole that has been tipped with a sharpened iron point at one end and capped with a flattened chisel-like blade at the other end. The sharp end was used to poke the tough hide of the oxen to keep them motivated for pulling the plow; the flattened chisel-like blade was used to scrape the plowshare free of roots, thorns, and accumulated clay.

Whatever it may be, with God as your ox goad, it can become lethal to the enemy.



Now, think as I am thinking about this farming tool, called an ox-goad.

And as we are thinking together, ask yourself ' Why does the Lord
need a plowshare to free roots, thorns and clay ' ?

Well, the ox-goad has two features in one. Like a scale of balance :

() The sharp end was used to poke the tough hide of the oxen to keep them motivated for pulling the plow

() The flattened chisel-like blade was used to scrape the plowshare free of roots, thorns, and accumulated clay


This farming tool is attached to the service beast, cow/ox.

The sharp end, is the double edge sword of archangel Michael in the
swift cutting of cords that bind us. However, the sharp end of the ox-goad
tool, nudges the creature forward . . . by poking the hide of the oxen.

Now, why do you need a motivated oxen ? Well, to get the fields prepared
for the planting season of Harvest !

The path is straight and narrow, few that be that find it.

The flattened blade part of the ox-goad, is a type of sword also. However,
it keeps roots of deception off the blade, cuts back the thorns
of the flesh and clears the clay (representing, clay as being symbolic of
Adam, who was made from the clay of the earth)


Now re-read this :


Whatever it may be, with God as your ox goad, it can become lethal to the enemy.


You must understand, that we as human (Adam) act like service beast
of the field in our walk in life, we act like we are the oxen, being poked
by the ox-goad's sharp end. And then we look down and see that the
flattened end of the blade, is shedding the build up off of us . . . getting
rid of the roots, thorns and clay accumulated on our spiritual selves.


When you start to visualize that God is your ox-goad (Lamed) . . .
IT CAN BECOME LETHAL TO THE ENEMY.

Now, watch the beauty of the lesson . . .

The ox-goad (Lamed) means also WING . . .

So as you stated, `as in I kept them under my wing?` . . . this is how
you are being kept under the wing of Christ.

This is why he told this story :

This is an excerpt from my blog on birds :
http://birdrevelationsjob12.blogspot.com/2...ensleghorn.html

The record is to be found in the books of the disciples, but Jesus is responsible for the only direct mention of chickens in the Bible. Mt 23:37, contains this: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" Luke's version of the same scene says: "Even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings" (Lk 13:34).


So, God as your ox-goad, is lethal to the enemy (fear, deception).

Close your eyes (Ayin) and look up . . . [Are you wide awake ?]

Why ?

Because you are under the wing (ox-goad/Lamed) of God . . .
And your search is over, He has been your shelter of survival during
the storms of real life we experience and spiritual wise.



(Two question's, you may have ask ?) :

()I am searching for Christ and do not know if I have found him yet.



()It felt so vicious and dark, like it hated us all and wanted very much to just snatch our lives from us.


Stay under the wing, stay under the ox-goad protection. Stay with
what is truth . . . stay with the thing revealed, not the thing that is
God's secret :

http://child-teachings-for-adult-wisdom.blogspot.com/
"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).

From todays date, you have viewed the wing of God, you understand
how He is your ox-goad weapon against sin, pain and fear.

Today is the new day ! September 3rd, 2008

Never forget, today !