BE VIGILANT
I Samuel 30:9, 11, 13, 16-17
"So David went, he and the six hundred who were with him .... Then they found an Egyptian in the field ... And David said to him, 'Can you take me down to the troop?' ... And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating, and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day."
The Amalekites were having a great time celebrating their great victories, and they let their guard down, unaware that they were about to be attacked by David's army and defeated. The problem is not the celebrating, but the lack of vigilance. When a people – whether an army, a nation, or a church, or a person – is focused on living the good life, unaware of the dangers facing them, they are in grave danger. I fear that the citizens of America are "spread out over all the land, eating, and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil," oblivious to the great danger facing our nation. Jesus warned about the state of affairs before His coming: "But as in the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking ... until the day Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away" (Matthew 24:37-39). Jesus' admonition was to "watch" (25:13). That is, stay vigilant.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: There is grave danger waiting for those who are not vigilant.
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Have a vigilant day. Love you.
I Samuel 30:9, 11, 13, 16-17
"So David went, he and the six hundred who were with him .... Then they found an Egyptian in the field ... And David said to him, 'Can you take me down to the troop?' ... And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating, and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. Then David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day."
The Amalekites were having a great time celebrating their great victories, and they let their guard down, unaware that they were about to be attacked by David's army and defeated. The problem is not the celebrating, but the lack of vigilance. When a people – whether an army, a nation, or a church, or a person – is focused on living the good life, unaware of the dangers facing them, they are in grave danger. I fear that the citizens of America are "spread out over all the land, eating, and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil," oblivious to the great danger facing our nation. Jesus warned about the state of affairs before His coming: "But as in the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking ... until the day Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away" (Matthew 24:37-39). Jesus' admonition was to "watch" (25:13). That is, stay vigilant.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: There is grave danger waiting for those who are not vigilant.
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Have a vigilant day. Love you.
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