1 Samuel 30:6
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
In above incidence, we see that Amalekites attacked Ziklag and taken captive of David’s and his men’s wives and sons and daughters. Amalekites killed all Israelites who were lagging behind during their journey to Cannan (Deut 25:18) and they have no fear of God. So, God commanded King Saul to destroy everything of Amalekites, but Saul not obeyed God wholeheartedly. That is why, Amalekites got chance to attack Israelites again.
Spiritually, Amalekites shows Satan and his Kingdome and we have been given all authority over his works. But sadly, Satan has taken captive many things of our lives, our spiritual blessings, our spiritual gifts, our zeal to serve Lord, our spiritual hunger and thirst for Lord, our joy of salvation, peace in Lord, our intimacy with Lord, our anointing, salvation of our family members, love in family, and many more. Just because of our negligence, not using our authority, and not obeying God wholeheartedly, Satan got chance to steal from our lives. John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy” Let us take a moment and think what Satan has stolen away, what he has killed, and what he has destroyed in our lives. It is very necessary to meditate on our past life and calculate the loss.
David was in great distress because of his loss. Are we distressed? Are we thinking of our loss? or just allowing Enemy to take away all that is remaining?
David found strength in the Lord his God. We have to do same thing. We also have to find strength in our Lord. With that strength, David chased his enemy and recovered everything the Amalekites had taken (1 Sam 30:18). We can also recover everything the enemy has taken away from us.
Testimony
For last many days, I was feeling spiritually dry and thinking of all my past spiritual experiences and was getting distressed. In my distressed condition, I saw a vision. In vision, I saw Lord has held my hands in his hands and pampered for a while. With that vision and above verses, Lord encouraged me. He encouraged me to take everything back which belongs to me. As Lord is with us, we can recover everything. We have only two options, either we can keep ourselves in miserable condition and be distressed or we strengthen ourselves in Lord and recover everything. Choice is with us. In Army of Jesus, Lord has trained us to be his soldier and fight against power of darkness. Let us fight and recover everything.
Prayer
Dear Father, give us grace and strength to chase our enemy and take back everything which belongs to us. Thank you for your love and concern for us.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Sol.Grishma