Good Morning Friends,
David and the men who were with him found
refuge in the land of the Philistines. They were allowed to live in peace in
the town of Ziklag. But while David and his men were with the army of the
Philistines, the Amalekites attacked Ziklag and carried all of the wives and
children and property of David and his men away as plunder.
When David and his men returned to Ziklag and
found what had happened they were greatly troubled. 1 Samuel 30:6 says that
“David was distressed” and that his men were “bitter in spirit.” Those are
natural and understandable feelings. Those that they loved had been taken away
as captives and they didn’t know if they would ever see them again.
When difficult things happen, it is natural to
be distressed and in great anguish. But the question is … How will you handle
your distress and anguish?
David’s men handled it one way, they talked of
stoning David because he had let them down as a leader. (1 Samuel 30:6) They
had trusted David enough to follow him and leave their families behind. Now, it
had cost them their families.
But David handled his distress in a way that is
different from the way his men handled theirs. The Bible says, “But David found
strength in the Lord his God.” (1 Samuel 30:6) David turned to the Lord in his
distress. He sought the Lord’s direction about how to handle the distress and
what to do in response to it. He trusted God even in the midst of one of the
most difficult seasons of his life.
Most of us find it pretty easy to trust God and
to express our faith in Him when things in our lives are going well. The
question is … Will you trust Him and express faith in the difficult seasons of
life? David did.
His, by Grace, Steve
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