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David At Ziklag

Back round- the Philistines were attacking Israel. God had given David the Kingdom to David.

David and his men had been hiding amongst the philistines.

Ziklag was a philistine city given to David by Achish.

(NASB95) 17 “The Lord has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

17 “The Lord has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.

David At Ziklag

(NASB95)

David’s Victory over the Amalekites

1 Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;

2 and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.

3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

5 Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.

11 Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.

12 They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.

13 David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.

14 “We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

15 Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.”

16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

17 David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

19 But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

20 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, “This is David’s spoil.”

Lifted their Voices? What did they say?

Wept Till No Strength Left

-They knew what the enemy could do to their loved ones

-They knew what the enemy could do to their loved ones

Men Turned On Him- The men were bitter and blamed David.

Leaders will face times when people will be bitter and put the blame on you.

Life Will Make You Cry Sometimes

Strong People Will Face Moments Of Over Powering Weakness.

Decision

Crisis Points- Places of Decision

Fight or Flight

Bold or Fold

Courage or Discourage

Patterns of Reaction- we develop behavioral patterns when we are under attack or threatened by people, circumstances or both at once.

Cry Babies-

Isolate-

Blame Others

Shout At God

Depression

Discouragement

Do Nothing

Let Fear Rule

Leadership Will Come Under Attack More Than Followers

Jesus said you will be persecuted

Leadership Under Attack

(NASB95) 33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

David Strengthened Himself In The Lord

David Strengthened Himself In The Lord

Strengthened, Encouraged, Found Strength

Himself- He took ownership, personally

took the decision to get strength.

In the Lord.

In the Lord or out off the Lord?????

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In the lord is strength and encouragement.

Out of the Lord is Discouragement and weakness.

Fear, Anxiety Exist where???

The Head Game- Ruling Over Our Thoughts.

What Would Have Happened If David Had Of Done The Opposite?

Let Weakness and Discouragement Take Full Control

Great Leaders Get Back up

Showing Weakness- Be careful

Being Vulnerable Is Okay

-People Wont Follow Weak Leaders

-People Want To Follow Courageous Leaders

People Want To Follow Courageous Leaders

-Courageous Leaders Lead With Strength Through Adversity

His God- My, Personal, Mine