Keep On Fighting

David understood a fundamental fact that we so often forget, God is our source of strength. When our strength comes to an end that is where God’s strength begins. You will never know the depth of God’s strength until you admit that you are weak.

What are you battling today?

• Family problems - God brings wholeness

• Habitual sin - God brings victory

• Personal illness or pain - God brings healing

• Spiritual dryness - God brings refreshment

When you feel that you are in a corner and your back is against the wall, don’t give in to target finding. Stop looking for someone else to blame for your problems. Stop allowing people to blame you for their problems. Stop blaming yourself for difficult situations.

Three steps to find your strength in God

1.) Admit that you are weak

2.) Let go and let God

3.) Place your faith in god to get you through

II. David fought a battle for direction (7-

When the chips are down, David seeks God’s direction. It could have been very easy for David to have relied on his our abilities and moved forward but instead he seeks God before he does anything. How often do we decide the course of action before we seek God’s direction?

We are especially guilty of this when things are going wrong and we jump into action without thinking and without praying. Notice how David handled things. He was in deep distress because his men were talking about stoning him. He asks for God’s guidance and does not take action until he get it. David was not willing to do his own thing but instead he waited on God.

God has the ability to run everything in the entire universe and he doesn’t need your help to do it. I think that He has more than enough ability to help direct your life. Our problem is thinking that we don’t need His guidance and His direction in our lives.

What areas of your life need God’s guidance?

• Decision Making - God gives wisdom

• Discipleship - God gives understanding

• Spiritual well being - God gives forgiveness

The requirement is prayer. God cannot and will not give direction for your life if you never seek it.

III. David fought a battle of deliverance

David follows the leading of God and pursues the enemy raiders. As the pursuit goes on 200 men must remain with the supplies because they do not have the strength to go on. David continues the pursuit with just 400 men and soon find the enemy camp.

The raiders have spent a great deal of time celebrating their success and have become drunk and are completely distracted. David takes advantage of the opportunity and attacks the raiding party. The victory is absolute and swift. David destroys all of the Amalekites except 400 young men who fled on camels.

David recovers everything that was taken from them. Every man finds his family unharmed. Every single item that was taken was reclaimed. To make this even more remarkable David gains a great additional plunder from the raiders. Not only does David get everything back, he goes home with more than he started with.

When we follow God we are required to take action. It is absolutely impossible to follow God and stay in the same place. What would have happened if David had done nothing after God gave him direction? Nothing.