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Introduction
This morning we celebrate our elders, In the church here we speak of elders as those who are advanced in age, who are not young.
It does not rule out the role of elders as a position in the church, positions which these people may also fill and are encouraged to fill.
We are celebrating the older people in our church community here who are involved in the church life.
This celebration will be used to remind them of the love of the Lord and his willingness and his presence in the matters of life and challenges which the evil one may throw at them and to assure them and us all that God is still on the throne and reigns forever and ever.
Text Overview
In that spirit, let us open our bibles to the books of , from verse 1 to the end.
1 Sam 30:1-3
Let us look at what this text given to us by the Lord says and look at the meet of the word that we may be encouraged.
It was a time of transition in the life of Israel
They had Samuel whom they adored but found his children wanting - and maybe with the Eli problem not far from history and mind, They asked for a king like the other nations, thereby rejecting God as their king.
At this time they had experienced Saul and David was beginning to shine...they even had a song for him...The author is reporting what happened and a time in the life of David.
After trying to deceive the philistines about his status and the philistine lords rejected him, he went back "home" to meet the chaos and loss.
David and his men - He ran away because he did not want to be killed by Saul, met the King of Gath who gave him Ziklag,
Ziklag - It was originally apportioned to the tribe of Simeon(, ) but later fell into the hands of the Philistine before Achish handed it over to David
Negev -
Amalekites - They were to be eliminated by Saul, He did as the people wanted and for that reason, the Kingdom was taken from him.
David on the other hand raided them and left no one alive.
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- Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have.
Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’
They are descendants of Esau (, ), They could also have joined up with the people of the same name as they were mentioned before Esau was born ()
They have been the enemies of the people of God from the time they left Egypt, It was against them that the hands of Moses had to be supported till victory was guaranteed.()
Burned the city with fire - There was loss of some sort though nothing like life
Took women - Oldest to youngest without killing anyone - kidnapping basically
Carried off everyone - The providence and protection of God of David and his own.
They raised their voices and wept until there was not more strength to weep
Two of David's wives -
Ahinoam from Jezreel
Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite
David was in a very precarious situation - The people spoke of stoning him - ?
David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God
David asked for the ephod - worn by the priest when seeking a word from God, unfortunately used sometimes as an idol
- We see him choose to seek God out the way God had prescribed with the Ephod and the Aaronic priest...unlike Saul
David inquired of Yahweh
Should I pursue
Will I overtake
Pursue and You will overtake
Wadi Besor - Wadi is Rocky watercourse / streambed that is dry except during rainy season.This is the brook of Good news but some people were disheartened
Found an Egyptian Man/Servant of an Amalekite in the open country and brought him to David
gave him food and he ate and they gave him water - after receiving mistreatment from the Master.
They gave him a slice of fig cake and two raisin cakes he ate and this revived him for he had not eaten for 3 days and 3 nights -
By showing David’s kind and gracious treatment of this Egyptian sojourner, the author demonstrated that even in the midst of personal tragedy David was sensitive to Torah injunctions regarding the treatment of aliens, particularly Egyptians (cf. ; ; ; ).
Robert D. Bergen, 1, 2 Samuel, vol. 7, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996), 277.
They had taken plunder of the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah
David attacked from Twilight to the evening of the next day
He recovered all the Amalekites had taken
Corrupt and useless men v22
v25 new rule in Israel
Returned things to the cities and towns of Judah
Advice from this narrative
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It is God that protects and provides
In all we do we need to understand and no without doubt that all we have is from God and he alone can truly provide
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Even when we experience loss and disappointment, God is Still in Charge
No matter what may come our way, God is still in control
3. When people are challenged they may not be cordial but we still need to lead and do it faithfully
We should expect and excuse people when they are mourning, we should not encourage speculation and old wife fables but allow and encourage people to grieve trying our best to make things easier for them and not harder
4. We should seek to obey God according to God's word
No matter how pressing or challenging the issue may be, we need to trust God enough and be dependent upon him that we seek to please him according to his word
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In personal and trying times we should not be too self engrossed to ignore those that need our help
Our grief and personal troubles should not blind us to the needs and sufferings of others and can like David take time out to help.
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We should be an example of encouragement and community
We should try our best to get a good deal for everyone, it means taking time to heal rifts and not causing them, reconciling brethren and encouraging in every way possible, the community and sharing among brethren.
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