17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 19 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”
And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
[...] 22 Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 Therefore David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 24 And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 25 And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. (2 Samuel 5.17-19, 22-35)
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to talk a little about a small lesson I learned from this passage.
As you can see, this passage is not complete, but it is a good idea to read it all. It tells us how the Philistines decided to attack David, but David asked for God's guidance and THE LORD helped him. And I wanted to talk about just that, about asking God for help, for him to guide us in our lives and daily problems.
Usually when we face problems, it is almost involuntary for us to ask God for help while we try to solve the problem. I mean, we ask God to guide our steps as we try to take our own steps LOL. We ask God to show us a direction while we avoid looking at the direction He is pointing us. This way, it becomes difficult to resolve the problem or situation. Many times we don't stop to pray and sing some praises asking the LORD for guidance. We don't read the Bible and we don't fast. This way it becomes difficult.
So it is always important to remain calm and pray and sing praises to the LORD. Only in this way, having a relationship alone with Him, can we feel His guidance. Sometimes He may use someone to talk to you, but it is good to always prioritize your relationship with the LORD alone.
One time, the cat in my house started to do his business under my bed. The animal didn't do anything in his litter box. I tried to resolve the situation with the people here at home, but it wasn't very successful. I was VERY ANGRY. But one day, before going to church, I decided to sing some hymns in the garage here at home. I do this quite often. That day I sang some praises to the LORD and, to my surprise, an idea came to me on how to solve the situation. I wasn’t expecting that. I didn’t even pray for that cause. But THE LORD, who knows and searches our hearts, knew what my problem was. And He gave me an idea, and I never had any problems with that cat again LOL.
It's not the only thing God helped me solve while I was singing and having a moment of prayer with Him. If you only knew how the LORD can help you while you have a moment alone with Him, you would seek to be alone with Him more.
The second thing we learn from this story of David is that, even though he won the first fight with the Philistines, he doesn't think like this: "I will fight them again without asking God's guidance because I already won the first one, I will win the second one". No, he didn't. Again he went to inquire of the LORD, and He said, "Don't attack them from the same place. Go around."
We often think that if we can achieve the first, we can achieve the second too, but that is not right. The right thing to do is always consult the LORD and seek his guidance, even in supposedly simple matters. At first glance it seems simple, but when there is a problem, what a problem! LOL
That's what I wanted to share. Thank you all for your attention!
17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 19 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”
And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
[...] 22 Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 Therefore David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 24 And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 25 And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. (2 Samuel 5.17-19, 22-35)
Hello everyone! Today I wanted to talk a little about a small lesson I learned from this passage.
As you can see, this passage is not complete, but it is a good idea to read it all. It tells us how the Philistines decided to attack David, but David asked for God's guidance and THE LORD helped him. And I wanted to talk about just that, about asking God for help, for him to guide us in our lives and daily problems.
Usually when we face problems, it is almost involuntary for us to ask God for help while we try to solve the problem. I mean, we ask God to guide our steps as we try to take our own steps LOL. We ask God to show us a direction while we avoid looking at the direction He is pointing us. This way, it becomes difficult to resolve the problem or situation. Many times we don't stop to pray and sing some praises asking the LORD for guidance. We don't read the Bible and we don't fast. This way it becomes difficult.
So it is always important to remain calm and pray and sing praises to the LORD. Only in this way, having a relationship alone with Him, can we feel His guidance. Sometimes He may use someone to talk to you, but it is good to always prioritize your relationship with the LORD alone.
One time, the cat in my house started to do his business under my bed. The animal didn't do anything in his litter box. I tried to resolve the situation with the people here at home, but it wasn't very successful. I was VERY ANGRY. But one day, before going to church, I decided to sing some hymns in the garage here at home. I do this quite often. That day I sang some praises to the LORD and, to my surprise, an idea came to me on how to solve the situation. I wasn’t expecting that. I didn’t even pray for that cause. But THE LORD, who knows and searches our hearts, knew what my problem was. And He gave me an idea, and I never had any problems with that cat again LOL.
It's not the only thing God helped me solve while I was singing and having a moment of prayer with Him. If you only knew how the LORD can help you while you have a moment alone with Him, you would seek to be alone with Him more.
The second thing we learn from this story of David is that, even though he won the first fight with the Philistines, he doesn't think like this: "I will fight them again without asking God's guidance because I already won the first one, I will win the second one". No, he didn't. Again he went to inquire of the LORD, and He said, "Don't attack them from the same place. Go around."
We often think that if we can achieve the first, we can achieve the second too, but that is not right. The right thing to do is always consult the LORD and seek his guidance, even in supposedly simple matters. At first glance it seems simple, but when there is a problem, what a problem! LOL
That's what I wanted to share. Thank you all for your attention!