1 Samuel 22:1-3
David therefore departed from there and escaped to
the cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it,
they went down there to him. 2 And everyone who was in distress, everyone
who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he
became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him.
2 Samuel 23:8-39
- They
were all men
- Their
pre-occupation now is to subdue the enemies of Israel.
- Determination
- They
left all and followed David in discipleship.
- Willing
to risk their lives even unto death.
- Reacted
to David’s desire for water without prompting at the expense of their
lives.
- All
of their exploits were not for personal gain or personal ambitions but the
LORD’s.
- Weariness
of heart, soul or body is not a valid excuse to retreat.
- They
became mighty men under David’s tutelage and tarried with him. Their
hearts did not deceive them to leave their discipler.
- They
walked into the fullness of their own inheritance whilst submitted to
David’s leadership.
Prayer Points
- Plead
with the Lord to do the supernatural in you.
- Ask
for grace to continue to follow Jesus to the end.
- Pray
that the dynamic life, virtues and character of Jesus will ooze out of
you.
- Plead
with the Lord as you present all the men in your life. Ask the Lord to
collide with them and make them mighty in God.
- Cry
out to the Lord to reach out by grace to all who are still debtors to the
prince of this world and bring them into full salvation.
Meditate on these Scriptures and pray into them:
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king
replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to
the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”So David bought
the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels[a] of silver for them.
1 Chronicle 21:24
But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on
paying the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or
sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
2 Timothy 2:4
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in
civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.
2 Corinthians 4:10-12
We always carry around in our body the death of
Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11 For
we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so
that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So
then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
