CAC LIVING WATER DEVOTIONAL FOR MAY 11, 2022 : TOPIC – YOUR ATTITUDE TO YOUR ASSETS

21KJV:And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

22KJV:Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

23KJV:Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

24KJV:For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

25KJV:And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

Memorise: KJV:Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.

(1 Samuel 30v23)

Assets are those possessions, properties and belongings one assigns values to as useful thing that can fetch one financial benefits and prestige, and contribute to one’s success. They are one’s property that can be taken by law for debt settlement, or that forms part of a dead person’s estate. In accounting, they are the items on a balance sheet that constitute the total value of an organisation. Your asset are valuable things you wouldn’t want to lose. Your attitude to such is what the Holy Spirit is probing into, today.

King David is our point of call. God knew why He allowed those Amalekite marauders to loot David’s camp while he was away (1 Sam.30v1,2). Indeed, it was to teach is lessons today. (C.f. Amos 3v6, 1 Cor.10v11). David and his men returned home, only to meet emptiness, but God assured David of recovering the lost assets, and it happened exactly (cf.Num. 23v19).

Upon their return, some miscreants among them refused to share their *David’s spoil* (1 Sam. 30v20) with those who couldn’t go with them to battle, though with genuine reason (vv.21-22). There will always be people like that in organisations. It takes true leaders to do the right thing in such situations. Thank God for David. The attitude underlying his statement in v.23 teaches us a lot.

David saw those possessions as *what the Lord has given us, who has preserved us and delivered into our hands the troop that came against us.* That defines the life of a man who has come to know the Lord and is in the right relationship with Him (C.f.. Acts 13v22). Your attitude to your asserts, (possessions) tells who you are. Hope you aren’t the stingy, selfish, self-centred type? We own nothing, because we create nothing, we came on earth with nothing, and we’ll return taking nothing (Job.1v21,22). Why the much ado about nothing?

1. Thank God for everything He has chosen to give you, now and in eternity (2 pet.1v3).

2. Ask for forgiveness in thsoe areas you have behaved as if you are the owner of your assets, and pray for the grace to please God, henceforth.

3. Pray for CAC Hanson region, our father in the Lord, the Superintendent, and it’s officers at the various levels, as led by the spirit of God.

HAVE A LOVELY MID-WEEK AS YOU STAY SAFE ….. SHALOM!