Date: Thursday, 6th February, 2025
Text: 1 Samuel 30:1-8
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, sorrow is not. Satan shoots the arrow of sorrow into the life of a man so as to discourage him and bring depression into his life. It’s like falling into a dark and deep pit. At this point the soul is downcast and head is bowed down.
David was a man that faced intense enmity and persecution in his life. At a point he was on self exile in the foreign land of the philistines. Men with troubles and discontentment gathered around him and he became their leader. So many times he was homeless and hungry, having to depend on proceeds from raids.
At a point he and his men became victim of raids and he lost everything including his family and those of his followers. They got back to their base and found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
David was greatly distressed because his men lost confidence in his leadership and 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.
The word of God confirms that David spoke to himself he said, “My soul is downcast within me; Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5,6
David encouraged himself in the Lord, prayed to his God for guidance on the way forward. God spoke to him and he pursued his enemies, overtook them and recovered all. Weeping indeed endured for a night but joy came in the morning – Psalm 30:5.
Are you discouraged and downcast? Put your hope in the Lord and speak to your soul. Darkness will be dispelled, your joy is coming in the morning You are bouncing back and getting stronger.. in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: Every arrow of sorrow fired against my soul; go back to the sender in Jesus name.
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