Day4
1Samuel 30
Week 47
“And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek, “Please bring the ephod to me.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. David inquired at the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue after this raiding party? Will I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue them, for you will surely overtake them and will surely recover all.” So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him. And they came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind remained. But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross over the brook Besor remained behind.”
1 Samuel 30:7-10 MEV
Cross references
1 Samuel 22:20-21;
1Samuel 23:2,23:4;
1 Samuel 30:21
Exhausted
David prayed; David worshipped; David called on his pastor, Abiathar, for counsel. David went deep within himself, met God, and found strength and direction to stride into the way of salvation. As his exterior world collapsed, he returned to the interior, rebuilt his primary identity, recovered his base. The moment of disaster freed him, immediately and amazingly, from the sixteen months of servitude under Achish, and David was dealing with God again — listening intently, obeying boldly. David and Abiathar came out from the place of quietness and counsel and prayer with a plan.
God has a plan for each of us that can only be discovered from a place of quietness, counsel and prayer.
200 of David’s men were exhausted.
Have you ever cried so much or grieved so hard that you were exhausted?
I marvel that the other 400 men had the strength to go to battle, nevertheless they did.
Do you have a community of friends who will fight for you when you are too exhausted to cross over the brook, Besor in your life?
We are, by God’s design, created for fellowship to encourage each other and build one another up.
Action Step
Who comes to mind right now that may need your encouragement?
Do you have a community of believers that you can rely on?
Ask God to help you seek out people to join up with to serve Him together.
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