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It seems that the Lord is going
to bring us into a season in which we will recover
the things that we have lost. He said, “The promises
that I have given you will bring you into a time of
the recovery of all things – all things that you
have lost. You are coming into a season of promise,
which will bring the recovery of all things that the
enemy has taken.”
“You will recover all that the enemy has taken.” How
will that come about?
God will give you favor according to the patterns in
scripture.
This is our first priority – to be faithful to God
and His word and the direction given by the Holy
Spirit.
David’s Dilemma
David had remained faithful to God after he received
Samuel’s promise that he would be king. Even though
it did not look like that would be the case. David
was still hiding from Saul when he and his men
established their home in a place called Ziklag
(which means “enveloped in grief”). Grief because of
Saul’s persecution and because of the devil’s
attacks and theft of David’s goods and people.
Ziklag
1 Samuel 30:
1 Now it happened, when David and his men came to
Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had
invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and
burned it with fire,
2 and had taken captive the women and those who were
there, from small to great; they did not kill
anyone, but carried them away and went their way.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and there
it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their
sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.
4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted
up their voices and wept, until they had no more
power to weep.
5 And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had
been taken captive.
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. Remain faithful
2. Stay strong in the Lord when crisis comes, and
continue to believe God.
1 Samuel 30: 7-8 Then
David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son,
"Please bring the ephod here to me." And Abiathar
brought the ephod to David. 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."
3. Seek God’s
direction.
4. Follow God’s instructions. Go, fight, and recover
all!
1 Samuel 30:
9 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.
10 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.
17 Then David attacked
them from twilight until the evening of the next
day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred
young men who rode on camels and fled.
18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had
carried away, and David rescued his two wives.
19 And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small
or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which
they had taken from them; David recovered all.
20 Then David took all the flocks and herds they had
driven before those other livestock, and said, "This
is David’s spoil."
And, David recovered all because in spite of the
crisis and adversity, he remained faithful to God.
He stayed strong in the Lord. He sought God’s
counsel, and he went to war.
Don’t be one of those who has no spiritual strength
and has to stay behind while others take the spoil.
Besor means “good tidings”. God on and cross over
into the good tidings (greeting of promise), and you
will surely recover all.
Grace and favor to defeat the enemy and his curses
against you both generational and personal. Defeat
besetting sins, bondages, long-standing fears,
illness and disease. Defeat lukewarmness and apathy.
Encourage yourself in the Lord. Stir up the gift of
the Holy Spirit.
Recover
The promise of the Holy Spirit
The promise of health
The promise of prosperity
The promise of revelation knowledge
The promise of that which you need!
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