Streams of Joy Daily Devotional 2 June 2024 Message Written By Pastor Jerry Eze
Streams of Joy Daily Devotional 2 June 2024 (Sunday) Message
TOPIC: Gallant Men
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SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Samuel 30: 1-20
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite*; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
FOCUS VERSE: “So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.” (1 Samuel 30: 9)
Streams of Joy Daily Devotional 2 June 2024 – MESSAGE
After the lamentations of David, and after the episode of those who spoke of stoning him, he encouraged himself in the Lord and eventually went after the Amalekites. Notice that David did not go alone. He went in the company of men as mentioned in our Focal Scripture. He went in the company of men who were willing to fight for him. David was blessed with a generation of men who were ready to fight on his behalf.
Friend, hear me as I hear the Lord: receive the gift of men who are willing to fight battles on your behalf. Receive the gift of men who are willing to take battles to the gates of your enemies. Receive the gift of men who are willing to crush obstacles on your behalf. Receive the gift of men who are willing to trouble your troublers on your behalf. Receive the gift of men who are willing to risk their own safety in order to work in your favour.
David had a battle to fight with the Amalekites, and he was blessed with men who were willing to take the battle personal and go all the way with him. He wouldn’t have been able to fight alone, and it wouldn’t have been easy for him to fight alone, and he had the gift of men who made victory to become easier. Hear me as I hear the Lord: you are about to receive the gift of men who will cause your victory to come easily.
At the end of the battle against the Amalekites, David took spoils out of the battlefield. David experienced increase as a result of the battle. So those men who stood by him were men who fought so that David could experience increase. Hear me as I hear the Lord: may you receive the gift of men who will fight the battles that will lead to your increase. May you receive the gift of men who will fight for your elevation and congratulations.
Welcome to that new season where gallant men will fight on your behalf. Receive the gift of men who are willing to risk everything for you to be favoured.
Psalm 144: 1 says: “Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:”
DECLARATION: I receive the gift of men who are willing to fight for my victory, in Jesus’ name!
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