Strength in the Lord

“But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6

It seemed like Pandora’s box was opened for David. All the bad things were happening at once. As David and his men had nowhere to go and they were rejected by the Philistines.

One day the Amalekites invaded while David and his men were gone. The Amalekites raided the place and burned everything. That wasn’t enough for them so they took everyone that were there, women and children as captives. Imagine how David and his men must have felt when they returned. Their temporary residences were burnt down and all the families were missing.

The men were so shocked and all they could do was to blame everything upon David. They were so mad that they eventually wanted to kill David by stoning him. I wonder how I would have reacted if I were David. How would I handle such a situation? How would I do if Pandora’s box had been opened in my life today? How would we manage our lives?

This is what David did. He “strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” Then he asked the priest to bring the ephod so that he could inquire of the Lord. Wow! That teaches us a lot. We can from David here. This is what we need today. We need to strengthen ourselves in the Lord our God today. As we do so, we need to inquire of God. Many of us make the mistake of reaching out to God as the last and final option. But God needs to be our number one. Let us learn to be like David today.