David's Response To Ziklag
When David and his men returned to Ziklag only to find it burned to the ground and all their possessions gone including their wives and children they must have experienced immediate feelings of grief and discouragement. There is a stark difference between the way David handled the situation and the way his men handled it.
David and his men had been in Ziklag for over a year and in that time they had worked hard to establish themselves and develop a life free from the persecution of Saul. Now suddenly it has all been taken away from them and they face the prospect of starting all over again, but from a much lower base as even their wives and children are now gone. The grief and discouragement were immense.
For David’s men the response was to …show more content…
He had relied on the word of God in the past and God saved and delivered him. Asa had the Law and would have known that Deuteronomy 28:15 said: “15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:” He had a specific word from the prophet Azariah in 2 Chronicles 15:1. “1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake …show more content…
His writing is blunt when in chapter 17 of Jeremiah he says: “5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” Jeremiah is not prophesying something new. This concept was well understood by the Jews and Jeremiah is reiterating it as a warning to God’s people.
So why after 36 years did Asa choose to ignore the word of God on this occasion and rely instead on the resources of man. This placed him under a curse. This passage demonstrates how we can become complacent to the point that we do not give God’s word the place and priority in our lives that God demands. When we do this there is a heavy price to pay.
When Jeremiah prophesies, “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his
David and his men had been in Ziklag for over a year and in that time they had worked hard to establish themselves and develop a life free from the persecution of Saul. Now suddenly it has all been taken away from them and they face the prospect of starting all over again, but from a much lower base as even their wives and children are now gone. The grief and discouragement were immense.
For David’s men the response was to …show more content…
He had relied on the word of God in the past and God saved and delivered him. Asa had the Law and would have known that Deuteronomy 28:15 said: “15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:” He had a specific word from the prophet Azariah in 2 Chronicles 15:1. “1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake …show more content…
His writing is blunt when in chapter 17 of Jeremiah he says: “5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.” Jeremiah is not prophesying something new. This concept was well understood by the Jews and Jeremiah is reiterating it as a warning to God’s people.
So why after 36 years did Asa choose to ignore the word of God on this occasion and rely instead on the resources of man. This placed him under a curse. This passage demonstrates how we can become complacent to the point that we do not give God’s word the place and priority in our lives that God demands. When we do this there is a heavy price to pay.
When Jeremiah prophesies, “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his