Topic:TOUCH NOT
Memorise: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes, Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophet no harm. 1st
Chronicles 16:21-22
Bible Text: 1st Samuel 30:1-8, Bible in one year: 2nd
Chronicles 6:12-7:10, Luke 21:25-22:13
In today’s
Bible reading, while David and his men were away, the Amalekites invaded
Ziklag, defeated the city and set it on fire; after which they took members of
their families – wives, sons and daughters as captives. When they returned and
saw the situation of Ziklag, David and his men were really distressed,
disappointed and discouraged. It was more so for David because the incident
brought so much disaffection, bad blood and misunderstanding between him and
his men; to the extent that they blamed him for the incident and spoke of stoning
him to death. 1st Samuel 30:6 says:
“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.”
There are some lessons we can learn from this. The first thing we see
here is that whenever you arise to fight the people of God, you lose your
defence and you or your family may suffer for it. David was running from King
Saul and he went to take up refuge with the Philistines, who were enemies of
God (1st Samuel 27:1). When a battle ensued between Israel and the
Philistines, he decided to team up with them to fight his own people (1st
Samuel 29). Thank God he was sent back home by the Philistines who realised who
he was. By the time he go back home, the covering over his family was blown,
and his loved ones had been taken captive. Never team up with the enemy against
the people of God! Whatever your justification might be, never fight anyone who
is named after the Name of Christ, irrespective of how long he or she has been
in the faith. You will blow your cover and endanger innocent lives. Certain
things that should not be heard of are happening to believers today, because
they are busy fighting one another. The second lesson here is they are busy
fighting one another. The second lesson here is that even when he had not fight
against his people, just because he had pitched his tent with the enemies of
God, his family suffered for it. If you pitch your tent in Sodom, when the fire
comes to destroy Sodom, it will equally engulf you. Check your life today! Are
you fighting, speaking against or treading upon on any child of God? You are
courting trouble! Have you partnered with unbelievers to torment, oppress, rob,
deny, persecute or deal with a believer in Christ? Repent today, apologise and
desist from such actions before they boomerang on you or your family.
Key point:God strictly warms that His bona fide children must not be touched.
Anyone who touches them will definitely pay dearly for it.
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