1 Chronicles 18:6 (NLT) 6 Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
“So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went”.
There is a lot we can learn from this short statement.
But in order to learn from it, we need to ask this one question; why was David victorious wherever he went?”.
The answer to that question is very simple and straight forward.
David loved God with all his heart and endeavored to honor God in all that he did.
David was not perfect. But he considered God in every decision he made. He despised false gods. He also abhorred people who stood against his God.
David was not afraid to stand against those who stood against his God. And he gave honor and credit to God for his victories.
His wife, Michal, even looked at him with contempt and she despised him in her heart because he danced and leapt with joy before the Lord in public.
2 Samuel 6:16 (NKJV) 16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
And when Michal confronted him about making a spectacle of himself in public, here’s what David told her.
2 Samuel 6:21-22 (NKJV) 21 …“It was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight….
Let us all honor God the way David did. Let us all put Him first in our hearts and in the choices we make every day, that He might give us victory wherever we go.
Amen
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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