_When David and his men were come to Ziklag._ DAVID IN THREE SITUATIONS at Ziklag in his distress, on his way to the Amalekites, and among the Amalekites. I. David in his distress. See in it the frequent benefit, of affliction to the people of God. In this instance it did immediately two things f... [ Continue Reading ]
_David encouraged himself in the Lord his God._ DAVID ENCOURAGING HIMSELF IN GOD I. David’s distress. 1. David was greatly distressed, for he had been acting without consulting his God. Perhaps some of you are in distress in the same way: you have chosen your own path, and now you are caught in t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they found an Egyptian in the field._ CHRISTIAN BENEFICENCE The debasing influence of prosperity and success, and the humanising tendency of disaster and distress, were never more strikingly contrasted than in the portion of sacred history to which the words that have now been read turn our at... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is David’s spoil._ DAVID’S SPOIL David may be regarded as a very special type of our Lord Jesus Christ. I. We begin with the first observation that, practically, all the spoil of that day was David’s spoil, and in truth, all the good that we enjoy comes to us through our Lord Jesus. 1. Dav... [ Continue Reading ]
_And David came to the two hundred men which were so faint that they could not follow._ THE STATUTE OF DAVID FOR THE SHARING OF THE SPOIL I. I shall begin by saying, first, that faint ones occur even in the army of our King. We have among us soldiers whose faith is real, and whose love is burning;... [ Continue Reading ]