May 7

“They soon forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel.” (Psa. 106.13).
However great your loss may be and whatever its cause, it can be recovered, and in fact, in recovery we receive much more than we have lost. However, we must be willing to obey God’s Word and His divine laws which no man can change. Even though David was a good, wise and kind king, and a man after God’s own heart, he was deceived by the devil on four occasions and suffered four great losses, but with the help of God, and by His grace he recovered all. Let us look at the causes for the four losses, and then see how he recovered all that he lost. The first is in 1 Samuel 29:1-4. David wanted to join the army of the Philistines against Saul. Saul was David’s enemy and tried to kill him on several occasions because God had chosen David to be king instead of Saul.
The Philistines, led by their princes, gathered together and went to battle against Saul. David went with them but the princes of the Philistines did not believe David and he was compelled to go back, very sad and disappointed. David knew that Saul had been anointed king by Samuel and though Saul had been disobedient to God’s Word, yet he was still God’s anointed. That is why God had not allowed David to touch Saul but David had become impatient. David knew that on many occasions God had been with him to help to help him, yet on this occasion, without consulting God, he had joined the Philistines.

Today’s calendar’s Bible verse:
“My son, God will provide himself.” Gen. 22:8.