The LORD compares turning back in the day of battle to not keeping HIS covenant and refusing to walk in HIS law. (Psalms 78:9-17)
These people forgot what the LORD did and how powerful HIS is. The LORD had preserved their lives with incredible miracle after miracle. HE took very good care of them HE surrounded them with HIS great love, great protection, great deliverance and great provision; but they returned HIS love and kindness with hatred by sinning more and more.
Let’s take everything GOD did for them and thank HIM appropriately. If we are GOD’s children, HE did those things for us. HE has promised to do these things again but in greater fashion to the final deliverance of all HIS children in all the world permanently. Don’t turn back in the day of battle; rejoice the heart of our very worthy GOD today and everyday. We are at war with Satan every single day. Go forward in FAITH and OBEDIENCE don’t turn back.
Psalms 78:9-17
“The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. They kept not the covenant of GOD, and refused to walk in HIS law; And forgat HIS works, and HIS wonders that HE had shewed them. Marvellous things did HE in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. HE divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and HE made the waters to stand as an heap. In the daytime also HE led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. HE clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. HE brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. And they sinned yet more against HIM by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”
Psalms 78:1-8
“Give ear, O my people, to my law:
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable:
I will utter dark sayings of old:
Which we have heard and known,
and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children,
shewing to the generation to come
the praises of the LORD,
and HIS strength,
and HIS wonderful works that HE hath done.
For HE established a testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a law in Israel,
which HE commanded our fathers,
that they should make them known to their children:
THAT the generation to come might know them,
even the children which should be born;
who should arise and declare them to their children:
THAT they might set their hope in GOD,
and not forget the works of GOD,
but keep HIS commandments:
AND might not be as their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation;
a generation that set not their heart aright,
AND WHOSE SPIRIT WAS NOT STEADFAST with GOD.”