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DAVID DISPLAYED WISE LEADERSHIP
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28
1 Samuel 30

Psalm 43

 

“Why art thou cast down,
O my soul? and why art thou

disquieted within me? hope in God…”

 

DAVID DISPLAYED WISE LEADERSHIP
 
David had many enemies. When he was relieved from joining the Philistines to fight against King Saul, he was set for another demanding task. In this, he also showed wise leadership in the midst of adversity. The Amalekites invaded Ziklag where he lived. They took everything including the wives and children of David and his men while David was away. David encouraged himself in the Lord. He fought back and won. He also reconciled the warring parties in his camp and assisted the needy in Judah. His approach proved again that he was a worthy leader, destined to be king of Israel. He was prepared by God for the higher office.
 
David was set for conflict after conflict; he was without rest from the time that he was anointed to be king. Saul hunted him everywhere with the great desire to destroy him. David called upon the Lord to rescue him. In 1 Samuel 29, the Philistine princes rejected him from joining them in war against Saul. That decision worked out for his good. However, while he was away from his camp in Ziklag, the Amalekites smote their city (which Achish had given him). When David and his men returned, they found the city burnt, and their families and possessions taken away. It was a disaster. Their immediate reaction was to weep greatly. David did not know what to do. His men blamed him for what had happened, and they spoke of stoning him. David, however, was a man who encouraged himself in the LORD.
 
The magnitude of their loss was great. David was then facing attack on three fronts and was on the losing end. He was also a man of like passions as all of us. Such are the circumstances that one ought to expect in war situation; you live or die. David was then a victim of what he was capable of doing to others. He did not make a move immediately. However, he saw hope where there was no hope when he encouraged himself in the LORD His God. He was assured of victory by faith, by the LORD Himself when he sought Him in prayer.
 
THOUGHT: A man of God sees all things are possible with God.

PRAYER: Father, show me Thy way of hope in my current circumstances.

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