November 1, 2014
YOU WILL PURSUE, OVERTAKE & RECOVER ALL
King
David was called and chosen as a young shepherd boy. He fought the lion
and the bear and slayed Goliath when no one else was able to do so. He
had been through many battles but he always came out victorious. He was a
leader as well as a poet and musician. He was a warrior but also a man
after Gods own heart.
There
was a time when David was running from Saul, and the Lord sent him to
the cave of Adullam. There were four hundred men in this cave who were
in distress, in debt and discontented. David taught them how to be
invincible warriors, raised them up and trained them as a mighty army.
In 1 Samuel chapter 30 when David and his men returned home from war,
they reached Ziklag, and found it destroyed by fire and their wives,
sons and daughters were taken captive by the Amalekites. David and his
men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. They reached the
breaking point and the people even turned against David wanting to
stone him. But then something rose up in David. He strengthened himself
in the Lord, and he asked the Lord; "Shall I pursue this troop? Will I
overtake them?" The Lord responded: "Pursue, for you shall surely
overtake them and without fail recover all.
The
Lord says, you have been called and chosen from a young age. You have
fought the lion and the bear and conquered the giants. I will train your
hands for war, your fingers for battle and you will become victorious
over every assault as you continue to endure. You have worshiped Me in
times of distress, yet you have not backed down in the face of
adversity. Although the battle has been fierce at times and there are
things in your life that seems to be destroyed and lost forever, you
will recover all that has been plundered from the enemy. As you continue
to encourage yourself in Me, you will regain your spiritual momentum.
When
calamity comes in as an ambush, stand steadfast in the armor that I
have provided for you. Continue to resist all discouragement and stand
immovable knowing that I have given you the ability and the authority to
overcome every assault that is raised up against you. Do not deviate
from the truth but stand steadfast to your convictions. Stand on the
promises that are available to you. Do not allow the enemy to intimidate
you and don't be moved by his ineffectual strategies. Rise up as men
and women of faith and take the position as the warrior that I have
created you to be. Do not allow fear or bitterness to take root and
refuse to be moved by the way situations appear in the natural. As you
trust in Me, I will not fail you or lead you astray but you shall surely
pursue, overtake and without fail recover all that has been lost says
the Lord.
1 Samuel 30: 6
Now
David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him,
because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons
and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30: 8 - 10
So
David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I
overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely
overtake them and without fail recover all." So David went, he and the
six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where
those stayed who were left behind. But David pursued, he and four
hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so weary that they
could not cross the Brook Besor.
1 Samuel 30: 18 - 20
David
recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued
his two wives. And nothing of theirs was lacking either small or great,
sons or daughters, spoils or anything which they had taken from them;
David recovered all. Then David took all the flocks and herds they had
driven before those other livestock, and said, "This is Davids spoil."
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