Devotion 262
“David Prevails”
Reference: 1 Samuel Chapter 26
Our Heavenly David prevailed over every attempt by the Enemy. He prevailed even over death.
Revelation 1:18 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
Our Heavenly David prevailed over Lucifer the anointed Cherub of God.
Ezekiel 28:14 “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
David prevails over Saul the anointed man of God.
Let’s read:
1 Samuel 26:1-9 “And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? [2] Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. [3] And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. [4] David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. [5] And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. [6] Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. [7] So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. [8] Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. [9] And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?”
Like Lucifer, Saul was an anointed man of God to lead His people but Saul stepped outside the Word of God. He did not believe God. He was therefore rejected by God.
When we reject God in unbelief, He also rejects us. If we receive God by faith, He also receives us.
We continue our reading:
1 Samuel 26:10-12 “David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. [11] The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. [12] So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.”
The Spirit of God is able to do in a second for the child of God couldn’t do in eternity.
The LORD can put your Enemy (Lucifer) to sleep.
He put Lucifer to sleep on the Cross, and he remains on the Cross.
Numbers 21:8 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.”
Lucifer (Satan, the Serpent) was on the Cross just as the believer and Christ. The believer and Christ came off but Satan still remains on the Cross.
John 3:14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”
At His crucifixion, He nailed Satan to the Cross as they were both nailed but only He esurrected.
Colossians 2:14-15 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; [15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
In His resurrection, the believer resurrected with Him by faith.
The same faith that gives David victory over Saul gives us victory over Satan , for the same two spirits are at war.
We continue our reading:
1 Samuel 26:13-21 “Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: [14] And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? [15] And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. [16] This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. [17] And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. [18] And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? [19] Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. [20] Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. [21] Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
Saul knew what was right and wrong but he couldn’t do right because he was led by the wrong spirit.
Likewise, the unbeliever knows right and wrong but they cannot do right because they are led by the wrong spirit (evil spirit).
We conclude our reading:
1 Samuel 26:22-25 “And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. [23] The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed. [24] And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. [25] Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.”
David prevailed over Saul.
No matter how many times the Adversary (Enemy, Satan, the Serpent) comes against the child of God, the believer has prevailed as long as we have identified with Christ in His life, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and now dwelling in us in the Person of the Holy Spirit.
Let the Word of God deliver you from the camp of the Enemy. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Holy Spirit of God prevails, always, in Christ!
Our Heavenly David prevailed over every attempt by the Enemy. He prevailed even over death.
Revelation 1:18 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”
Our Heavenly David prevailed over Lucifer the anointed Cherub of God.
Ezekiel 28:14 “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.”
David prevails over Saul the anointed man of God.
Let’s read:
1 Samuel 26:1-9 “And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? [2] Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. [3] And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. [4] David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. [5] And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. [6] Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. [7] So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. [8] Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. [9] And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?”
Like Lucifer, Saul was an anointed man of God to lead His people but Saul stepped outside the Word of God. He did not believe God. He was therefore rejected by God.
When we reject God in unbelief, He also rejects us. If we receive God by faith, He also receives us.
We continue our reading:
1 Samuel 26:10-12 “David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. [11] The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. [12] So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.”
The Spirit of God is able to do in a second for the child of God couldn’t do in eternity.
The LORD can put your Enemy (Lucifer) to sleep.
He put Lucifer to sleep on the Cross, and he remains on the Cross.
Numbers 21:8 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.”
Lucifer (Satan, the Serpent) was on the Cross just as the believer and Christ. The believer and Christ came off but Satan still remains on the Cross.
John 3:14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:”
At His crucifixion, He nailed Satan to the Cross as they were both nailed but only He esurrected.
Colossians 2:14-15 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; [15] And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.”
In His resurrection, the believer resurrected with Him by faith.
The same faith that gives David victory over Saul gives us victory over Satan , for the same two spirits are at war.
We continue our reading:
1 Samuel 26:13-21 “Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: [14] And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? [15] And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. [16] This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. [17] And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. [18] And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? [19] Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. [20] Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. [21] Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
Saul knew what was right and wrong but he couldn’t do right because he was led by the wrong spirit.
Likewise, the unbeliever knows right and wrong but they cannot do right because they are led by the wrong spirit (evil spirit).
We conclude our reading:
1 Samuel 26:22-25 “And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. [23] The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed. [24] And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. [25] Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.”
David prevailed over Saul.
No matter how many times the Adversary (Enemy, Satan, the Serpent) comes against the child of God, the believer has prevailed as long as we have identified with Christ in His life, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and now dwelling in us in the Person of the Holy Spirit.
Let the Word of God deliver you from the camp of the Enemy. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Word as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. The Holy Spirit of God prevails, always, in Christ!
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