God has recorded the story of David in the Bible to show us both the warfare and the weapons. David suffered from two kinds of losses, personal loss and national loss. What we have seen of David’s personal loss was because of his own failures, carelessness and neglect, yet God wanted him to recover all. Also, God wanted everything to be recovered that had been lost nationally because of his failure and folly.
We have heard of a great and fertile land which the Lord God had given to His people Israel. The story begins in the book of Genesis, chapter 12. There was a man called Abraham of the city Yr of the Chaldees. Chaldea was a highly civilized country, which has been proven by the archaeologists. Abraham was a wealthy man and had plenty of gold and silver, servants, property and lands. One day the Lord suddenly appeared to him and he heard the voice of God very clearly saying; ‘Abraham, get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy father’s house into the land that I shall sow thee. Abraham believed that word. He knew he heard the voice of God, and that is why he had obeyed. God had given to Abraham a great promise in Genesis 12:2, 3; ‘I will make of thee a great nation. I will bless thee and make thy name great and thou shalt be a blessing. I will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed.
When a man obeys God, He blesses him.
Today’s calendar’s Bible verse:
“Whatsoever He sayeth unto you, do it.” John 2:5.
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