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Finding Strength
Have you ever had a bad day? Either the kind where something devastating happens
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Of course, we’ve all had those days. Worn out, wiped out...just plain tired. You’re not alone.
King David had his share of bad days. Here’s a brief episode...
David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided
the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, and had taken captive
the women and all who were in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but
carried them off as they went on their way. When David and his men came to Ziklag,
they 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’s
two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of
Carmel. David was greatly distressed because the men 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. (1 Samuel 30.1-
I love that last line, which is worth re-
He could have looked at his circumstances. He could have looked at the scoreboard
of his failures and successes. He could have cowered in shame and guilt. He could
have allowed his bleak-
For Reflection...
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect
in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so
that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when
I am weak, then I am strong. -
May we find strength in Christ, more now than ever before.
Here’s a book to help you on your walk...
Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
Dallas Willard
“How do we hear God’s voice? How can we be sure that what we think we hear is not our own subconscious? What role does the Bible play? What if what God says to us is not clear?”