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Today I am
focusing on a very small portion of this chapter. I’m going to look at what happens after David
has his town burned. David marches his
soldiers out after consulting with the Lord.
He is victorious, getting everything back that was lost, including his
wives.
The issue is
that during the pursuit there are some of his men that become tired and are
unable to pursue the enemy as quickly.
This is important, because David knows that the enemy has got a head
start on them. The longer David’s
possessions and wives were in the hands of another, the more likely they wouldn’t
be able to be recovered properly.
Therefore, David leaves the tired men behind so that he can go on in
speed.
When David
is victorious, he has their own possessions retrieved as well as plunder from
their defeated enemies. Some of the men
who went out to fight with David grumble and tell David that those who were
left behind had no right to any of the plunder since they didn’t fight. David has a decision to make.
Today we see
David make a good decision. David turns
to those who grumble and teach them a powerful lesson. The lesson is to realize where our strength rest.
David’s
lesson goes like this. It is God who
gave us the power to defeat the enemies.
Therefore, the plunder should go to all people. After all, if we only give plunder to those
who fought, we are making the subtle claim that it was their own power and not
God’s that provided victory. I think
that’s a very powerful lesson for the day.
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