GO GET YOUR STUFF BACK (2)

I SAM. 30:6-8, 18-19

GO GET YOUR STUFF BACK: I SAM. 30:6-8, 18-19

SUB-TOPIC I SHALL RECOVER ALL

“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: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. 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. 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.”

1 Samuel 30:6-8 KJV

18-19 “And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.”

1 Samuel 30:18-19 KJV

GO GET YOUR STUFF BACK

I SHALL RECOVER ALL

INTRODUCTION: HAS ANYBODY HAD SOMETHING STOLEN FROM THEM? I'M CERTAIN WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER IN OUR LIVES. ON THE OTHER HAND THE DEVIL HAS STOLE FROM US ALSO. THE BIBLE SAYS HE COMES TO STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY. HIS FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO STEAL. IN OTHER WORDS HE COMES TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT BELONGS TO YOU. THE DEVIL IS A THIEF. TODAY A THIEF DOSEN'T WORK OR IN QUIET. A THEIF TODAY WILL ROB YOU IN PLAN DAY LIGHT, IN THE OPEN, AND IN THE MIDST OF WITNESSES. TODAY'S THEIF DOES NOT HIDE, AND THAT'S THE WAY THE DEVIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

THE DEVIL HAS BEEN TAKEN STUFF FROM THE SAINTS LONG ENOUGH. NOW IT'S TIME THAT WE TAKE BACK WHAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET INTO ATTACK MODE.

TAKE YOUR STUFF BACK. IT BELONGS TO YOU, GO BACK AND GET IT.

BACKGROUND: THE BACKGROUND OF OUR TEXT BEGINS WITH SAUL HUNTING DAVID DOWN LIKE AN OUTLAW OR CRIMINAL. 600 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE JOINED THEMSELVES TO HIM. DAVID AT THIS TIME HAS LOST FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. HE HAS JOINED HIMSELF TO THE PHILISTINES, AND HE FIGHTS ALONG WITH THEM.

DAVID IS IN A BACKSLIDDEN STATE. FOR ABOUT 16 MONTHS HE HAS BEEN APART FROM GOD. HE HAS CREATED PROBLEMS FOR HIMSELF. EVIL ASSOCIATIONS WILL ALWAYS CREATE PROBLEMS. 1ST HE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 600 MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO HE BEGAN TO RAID NOMADIC TRIBES BY STEALING FOOD AND OTHER THINGS.

2ND HE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO COVER UP HIS ACTIONS AGAINST KING ACHISH AND THE PHILISTINE ARMY. SO DAVID TOOK EVERYTHING WHEN HE RAIDED A TOWN, AND HE DID NOT LEAVE MAN, WOMAN, OR CHILD ALIVE. HE DID THIS SO THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY WITNESSES TO THE CRIMES HE COMMITTED. THIS WAY HE FOOLED KING ACHISH KING OF THE PHILISTINES. HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS RAIDING ISRAEL'S CAMPS, WHEN HE WAS RAIDING THE CAMPS OF THOSE AFFILIATED WITH THE PHILISTINES LORDS. DAVID WAS CHOSEN BY GOD TO BE ISRAEL'S KING, SO HE HAD TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP FROM FIGHTING AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE.

WHEN YOU LEAVE THE GOD OUT OF YOUR LIFE, YOU'LL DO ANYTHING. EVERYTHING YOU DO WILL SEEM RIGHT, BUT YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF NOT SATISFIED. WHEN YOU GET SO FAR AWAY FROM THE LORD YOU FIND YOURSELF DOING THINGS YOU THOUGHT YOU'LL NEVER DO.

LOOK AT DAVID, HE'S GOD'S CHOICE, BUT HE HAS MESSED UP. HE WAS HUMAN AND MADE MISTAKES AND BLUNDERS.

CONTEXT: VS1-4 DAVID GETS TO ZIGLAG, THE PLACE WHERE KING ACHISH HAD GIVEN TO DAVID. HE FINDS THE CITY BURNED AND LOOTED. ALL OF HIS FAMILY AND THE MEN WHO ARE WITH HIM HAS BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE BY THE AMALEKITES. VS 4 TELLS US THAT THE MEN ARE IN DESPAIR.

VS 6 DAVID IS SO DISTRESSED AND THE PEOLE ARE ABOUT TO KILL HIM. THEY BLAME HIM FOR THIER TROUBLE. DAVID HAS HIT BOTTOM. DAVID WAS GREATLY DISTRESSED. IT MEANS HE WAS PRESSED INTO A TIGHT PLACE. HE WAS BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

THIS MAY HAPPEN TO YOU LIKE IT DID DAVID. ANYBODY BEEN IN A TIGHT PLACE? HAS ANYBODY BEEN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE?

DAVID WAS DISTRESSED BUT GOD HAD A PLAN FOR DAVID.

THE DEVIL THOUGHT HE HAD HIM. THE DEVIL THINKS HE HAS YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE BOTTOM, BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE IS UP.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD. YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF LIFE'S BARREL. YOU CANNOT DEPEND ON SOMEONE TO ENCOURAGE YOU, BECAUSE THE ARM OF FLESH WILL FAIL YOU.

THERE MAY NOT BE A PAT ON THE BACK. THERE WONT BE A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

DAVID HAD TO ENCOURAGE HIMSELF, SO HE PICKED HIMSELF UP. YOU GOT TO DO LIKE DAVID. TELL YOURSELF IT'S NOT OVER. TELL YOURSELF I'M COMING OUT. THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION. IN HIM WILL I TRUST. WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.

YOU HAVE TO TELL YOURSELF I'M GOING TO MAKE IT. IT WILL BE ALRIGHT.

DAVID SAYS BRING ME THE EPOD. THE EPOD WAS THE PART OF THE HIGH PRIEST GARMENT THAT THEY WORE OVER THE PRIESTLY GARMENT. IT WAS PART OF THE GARMENT THAT SPEAKS OF PRAYER. IT SET THE HIGH PRIEST APART FROM THE OTHER PRIEST. HE WORE IT WHEN HE WENT INTO THE GOLDEN ALTAR OF PRAYER.

VS 8 DAVID ENQUIRED OF THE LORD., HE WENT INTO PRAYER. HE ASKED GOD SHALL I PURSUE? WILL I OVERTAKE THEM? GOD SENT BACK THE ANSWER, PURSUE, FOR YOU WILL SURLEY OVERTAKE AND WILL NOT FAIL TO RECOVER ALL.

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN GOD FIGHTS OUR BATTLES FOR US WITHOUT US DOING ANYTHING.

THEN THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO GET UP AND TAKE ACTION OURSELVES.

THERE ARE TIMES YOU HAVE TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE. AFTER PRAYING AND MAKING SURE GOD IS WITH YOU, GO AFTER YOUR STUFF.

DAVID KNEW THAT GOD WANTED THE AMALEKITES DESTROYED BECAUSE HE TOLD SAUL TO DO THAT, BUT HE SPARED THEM. SO HE KNEW HE WAS IN THE WILL OF GOD.

NOTE- HERE IN THE MIDST OF DAVID'S PROBLEM GOD HAS HIS ATTENTION. FOR 16 MONTHS HE'S BEEN OUT OF TOUCH WITH GOD.

HE HADN'T WRITTEN NO SONGS. HE HAD PUT DOWN HIS HARP. HE WASN'T GIVING GOD NO PRAISE.

VS 9 WE SEE DAVID GOING AFTER THE ENEMY. OUT OF THE 600 MEN HE HAS 400, 200 OF THEM ARE TOO TRIED TO GO ON SO HE LEAVES THEM AT ZIGLAG.

VS 11-15 HE COMES UPON A SLAVE THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY THE AMALEKITES, AND HE MAKES A DEAL WITH THIS SLAVE TO TAKE HIM TO THEIR CAMP.

VS 16-20 DAVID COMES TO THE AMALEKITES CAMP. THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR VICTORY. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS OVER FOR DAVID BUT GOD WAS WITH DAVID AND HE SPOILED THIER VICTORY.

THE DEVIL IS CELEBRATING NOW BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN SOME STUFF FROM YOU. HE THINKS HE HAS YOU WHERE YOU CANNOT RECOVER. HE SAYS HE OR SHE CAN'T COME BACK FROM THIS.HE SAYS THEY'LL NEVER COME OUT OF THIS. ITS ALL OVER.

BUT WHAT THE DEVIL DOESN'T KNOW IS, GOD IS WITH YOU, AND HE'S GOING TO HELP YOU.

GO AFTER YOUR STUFF. THE DEVIL HAS TAKEN YOUR JOY, TAKE IT BACK. HE HAS STOLEN YOUR ANOINTING, TAKE IT BACK. HE HAS TAKEN YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE, TAKE IT BACK. I AM AN OVERCOMER. I AM CONFIDENT IN THE LORD.

GO AND GET YOUR STUFF BACK. YOU ARE GOING TO RECOVER ALL.

VS 18-19 TELLS US THAT DAVID RECOVERED ALL THAT WAS STOLEN AND THERE WAS NOTHING LACKING. HE GOT IT ALL BACK.

NOTICE THERE WAS SOME STUFF THAT THE AMALEKITES HAD STOLEN FROM OTHERS. DAVID GOT THIS TOO.

AFTER I GET MY STUFF, I'M GOING TO GET WHAT HE STOLE FROM OTHERS.

I'M NOT ONLY GETTING MY STUFF, BUT ADDITIONAL BLESSINGS THAT HE DIDN'T TAKE FROM ME.

TELL SOMEBODY GO GET YOUR STUFF BACK. GO AND TAKE WHAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN FROM YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERETH VIOLENCE, AND THE VIOLENT TAKETH BY FORCE. TAKE IT BY FORCE

GO GET YOUR STUFF BACK. TAKE IT, SNATCH IT FROM THE DEVIL.

LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. OF ONE CAN CHASE A 1000, THEN 2 CAN CHASE 10 THOUSAND. WHILE WE ARE RECOVERING ALL LETS PRAISE HIM. WHILE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR STUFF BACK LETS GIVE GOD THE GLORY. LET US MAGNIFY HIM. LET US THANK HIM IN THE MIDST OF RECOVERY. I SEE SOMEBODY ABOUT TO GET BACK ALL THAT THE DEVIL HAS STOLEN.