ICHABOD! (1)

"As she was dying, the women attending to her said "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention. She named the boy Ichabod, saying "The Glory has departed from Israel..."(1 Sam. 4:20-21,NIV) There are some kind of news when you hear, your testimony freezes and your joy is paralyzed. May such be far from you in Jesus name! This pregnant woman just at the time of her delivery heard that the Ark of God had been captured and she had also lost the husband and father-in-law. I wonder why such a message couldn't wait till after she had delivered? But should it have, how would we have known that it meant to cause her pain? The woman couldn't even pay any attention to the news of her new born baby. She now substituted the gain of the incoming, with the pain of the outgoing. Ichabod is like literally asking, "Where is the glory?" But I'm here to announce to you that; your ARK has been returned-"CHABOD"...For Christ in you, the hope of GLORY! AB@TWDevotional