I Samuel 30:1-7 (ESV) Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off and went their way. And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
I Samuel 30:18-20 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives. , whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken. David brought back all. David also captured all the flocks and herds, and the people drove the livestock before him, and said, “This is David's spoil.”
I Samuel 30:4 David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep
1. FIND your PEOPLE.
I Samuel 30:4 David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep
2. If you don’t RESOLVE your PAIN in this season it will FOLLOW you into the next seasons.
I Samuel 30:6a And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,
PAIN always leads to BLAME which always leads to more PAIN. You can become BITTER or BETTER.
I Samuel 30:6b But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
I Samuel 30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.”
John 4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
Worship is what gets your minds ATTENTION and your hearts AFFECTION.
I Samuel 30:8 And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.”
3. Let God give me a NEW PURPOSE and DIRECTION for my life. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
