1Sam 30:1 (KJS) And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
The things that happen when we are away from our loved ones
2 And had taken the women captives, that [were] therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried [them] away, and went on their way.
3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, [it was] burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
4 Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Have you ever cried till there was no more tears or strength to cry?
5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:
They blamed David for this because they followed him they trusted in him .
David is the one that makes all the decisions they were just following him
They are ready to stone him and forget the whole thing
They were listening to the wrong voices
(Voices of - fear- depression - anxiety - rage -hatred )
When people around you are listing to the wrong voices they will put the blame
on anything the voice tells them to.
You must be at peace so they will be at peace
You must see through the eyes of faith
You must act upon the word of God
You must speak the word of god
BDB/Thayers 02388 chazaq khaw-zak'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 636; v
AV - strong 48, repair 47 prevail 10, encourage 9,
1) to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be
courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
1a1) to be strong, grow strong
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and without fail recover [all].
Promises of God
Psal 91:15 (KJS) He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psal 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
1Sam 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
John 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour.
The is only one true and living God
Jere 10:10 (NASU) But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
11 Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens."
12 [It is] He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
13 When He utters His voice, [there is] a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses.
Who you Gonna Call?
1Kin 18:24 (KJS) And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: (Yhovah yeh-ho-vaw'}Jehovah = "the existing One")
and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.