March 7, 2020 CAC Living Water Devotional :- PURSUE, OVERTAKE AND RECOVER ALL
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CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH
THE LIVING WATER {Jan ~ June, 2020}
DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Saturday, March 7, 2020
TOPIC: PURSUE, OVERTAKE AND RECOVER ALL
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1 Samuel 30:1-8 [1]And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;[2]And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
[3]So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.[4]Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.[5]And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.[6]And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.[7]And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.[8]And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
MEMORISE: So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?” And He answered him, “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all” (1 Samuel 30:8)
EXPOSITION
A wise saying goes, “If you are silent when you are supposed not to be, the problems in your life will remain there”. If one is slow to take the right action when he ought to be apt, that can bring about a perpetual and permanent set back and suffering. Everything has its own time under the sun. You need to pray to God for His Spirit to sharpen your sensitivity to know when to pursue and overtake a course.
God attested to David being a man after His own heart, and this is our point of call on the issue at hand. When he saw what the enemies had done to him and all his team, David strengthened himself in the Lord and sought after the way out. He eventually sang, ‘I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them, neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed’ (Psa. 18:37). According to aforementioned Scripture, David was resolute, not ready to surrender to his circumstances. He had a winning heart. Little wonder he continued to pursue. Eventually, he overtook his enemies and recovered all that they had taken away from him (1 Sam. 30:18-19). That is the reward for diligence and unrelenting commitment to a God-given course (cf. Prov. 22:29).
You too can pursue all the demonic agents that had taken away good things from your life, in the realm of darkness. True prayer is a fight or wrestling. You need to pursue, overtake and recover all that has been stolen away from you by the enemy of our soul and his cohorts (Jn. 10:10). You can’t take it cool with those stubborn enemies of your destiny. You need fervent prayer to recover all that has been looted. The Living Water for you today is that you should be determined and encouraged to pursue, overtake and recover every lost thing, spiritually and otherwise, at God’s command.
PRAYER POINTS
1. Lord, add more to my faith to fight and win the battles of my life.
2. I pursue, overtake and recover all that have been taken away from me, in Jesus’ name.
3. Lord, rekindle the fire of fervent prayer and praying to our churches, as of old.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Numbers 17 – 18 & Luke 24
Author: C.A.C WORLDWIDE
Remain blessed!