OVERTAKE AND RECOVER

1 Samuel 30:8 AMPC And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.

Now you may not have been burgled, or had your car burned to the ground, which I know from experience is very distressing, but we will probably have had something stolen from us by the enemy over the years whether it was our health, our peace or our joy, or maybe our finances.

David and his men experienced the enemy attacking and stealing their belongings and worst of all their wives and children. Their enemy burned their homes to the ground and took everything away. David and his men were so distressed they had no tears left to cry but he encouraged himself in the Lord. He knew where to turn and he asked God if he should go after what was stolen. God told him to pursue, and overtake his enemy because he wouldn’t fail, he would recover all! How encouraging that is to us today.😊

When the enemy steals our health or whatever it is, God didn’t say to sit down and let the enemy get away with it. Instead God said we have a Saviour who has made us overcomers, more than conquerors, so we can resist the enemy and command him to give back what he stole. Proverbs 6:31

God has told us that Jesus has already won the victory over the devil, and His victory has been given to us, so we have been given authority over him, to take his hands off everything belonging to us. 

In the courts of heaven we are seated with Jesus at the right hand of God, which is mind boggling but true. We are actually seated in Jesus, in His victory, not in defeat. It’s good to remember we’ve been given His authority over all the works of the enemy.😊

At the end of WW2, the war was won but the soldiers still had to go out and enforce the victory where the enemy hadn’t surrendered. We too have our part to play in not just standing our ground, but to go and take back the ground belonging to us in Jesus, take back what the enemy stole.

Praise God we are not victims, we are Victors. The Holy Spirit is encouraging us today to remember Jesus has authorised us to pursue, overtake and recover all in His name. Amen.

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COVENANT FAITHFULNESS

2 Samuel 9:1 NKJV Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 

Jonathan had made a covenant with David that if anything happened to him David would show kindness to his family for his sake. Sadly he was killed in battle shortly afterwards.

Their blood covenant was so strong that nothing could break it. It involved faithfulness and commitment to the death, and included family. So we find David some time later asking if there is anyone still alive belonging to Jonathan’s family because he wanted to show him covenant kindness. 

David found Mephibosheth, who was lame in both feet, and gave him back all the land that had been taken from his grandfather King Saul, and he was given a place at King David’s table to dine with him everyday. He went from nobody to somebody! 

Mephibosheth called himself a ‘dead dog’, he saw himself as hopeless, but now he owned land, had multiple servants, and held a place of honour with the king’s own sons! Covenant transformed his life.

Now jump ahead to Jesus and we see we are now in blood covenant with God the Father, through the blood of Jesus. Luke 22:20 NIV In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. God invites us to His table, He calls us His sons and daughters and He is watching over His covenant to show us His faithfulness and loving kindness. He has given us His delegated authority, His name, His own Holy Spirit to comfort, and direct us.

It’s good to remember the covenant we have is all part of our inheritance in Jesus and it involves total restoration, forgiveness, healing and provision. God wants us to enjoy it and receive it in the here and now, because He doesn’t see us as ‘dead dogs’, He sees us as His much beloved children, set apart for Him. What a privileged people we are.😊

Thank You Lord. Help us understand what we have and receive it all. Amen.