God’s instrument for divine intervention
Now Jesse said to his son David, "Take this ephah d of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp. Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance f from them. They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines." 1 Sam 17:17-19NIV
I am not able to hold back laughter each time I read this scripture to this point; Jesse mobilized provision to send to the armies of Israel because he believed that they were fighting a brutal war against the Philistines. Just imagine how many other families that were doing the same but when David got to the battlefield here is what he found;
Early in the morning David left the flock with a shepherd, loaded up and set out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp as the army was going out to its battle positions, shouting the war cry. Israel and the Philistines were drawing up their lines facing each other. David left his things with the keeper of supplies, ran to the battle lines and greeted his brothers. As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear. 1 Sam 17:20-24NIV
Contrary to what was believed, they were not fighting but were all running away from the enemy. They had lost control because the enemy determined and changed the rules. They would have gladly returned home but they were not sure of what answer they could give to people like Jesse. The enemy set up an obstacle to their advancement and retired to do other things. For forty days they remained in that condition until God graciously brought in a man who carried a kind of grace.
David stepped in with something that was unpolished, totally crude and unconventional. Nobody honors that kind of person or thing but that was who God had prepared for a time like this.
Amen!
This is the condition of the Church of Jesus Christ today. We have our archbishops, bishops, prophets, apostles and all the other bogus titles that men assume today. We have built high rising structures all over the land and boast of all that we have accumulated of the goods of this world yet, the enemy is messing us up. Satanism, idolatry and all manner of evil practices are practiced in our communities but we are helpless; we are powerless to deal with them.
We strive to show how one denomination is superior to the other and set up different cults of bishops and the sons of the prophets just to create the impression that God is still with us. We shamelessly claim that Christian ministry is now about packaging and logistics in the face of the teeming human needs that are begging for urgent intervention from men who claim to carry the power of God.
It is important that we state why this situation has arisen; King Saul had unresolved issues with God. Instead of taking a break to deal with those matters, he continued to create a false impression that all was well while fighting the battles of God. God was fed up with him and the Lord’s servant, Samuel, was tired of praying for him
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? 1 Sam 16:1NIV
Samuel mourned for him. Believe me, the children of God who read the bible well are mourning for our church leaders, but God is about to call them out of that mourning. God has told me that He is planning an inversion into this bad situation that will make the mourners to rejoice in the new things God will do.
This is also the condition of a lot of people who are making noise all over the place, making prophetic declaration in the name of the Lord. The absence of the genuine power of God in our midst is no longer a secret. Hence, we make up for our poverty by sharing food and medicine to those whose real need is the salvation of their souls. Instead of calling the people to the place of general repentance, they plan one-million-man praise night. Instead of crying between the temple and the altar, we rent crowds of the unregenerate to fill our lifeless auditoria. Like Rehoboam, we are not interested in fighting to restore the gold of the sanctuary but we have replaced them with polished bronze. A generation that has become experts at hypocrisy; fake healing testimonies and fake miracles has become our propaganda tools.
Just like we read in our text chapter, God is about calling in another kind of ministers from their place of preparation in the wilderness. Like David, these are men who have been despised; these are men who have been treated like trash by the Jesses of this age. People like Jesse keep sending their tithe, offerings and covenant seeds of faith to the wrong people while despising the men who have been walking in close devotion with God. They despise them and the Sauls of this age do not know them or where they are coming from but God is about to shake the world through His special vessels.
Let me also say something to this generation with the grace of David; be careful that you do not lose sight of the real issues. You are not supposed to despise Jesse or try to compete with Saul. They are still children of God but their lifestyles have brought the name of the Lord to disrepute. God is going to use the David kind of anointing in your life to redeem His name before the enemies of the Church and these backsliders will return and praise God again because of what He is about to do through you.
Amen!
My beloved brethren, I bring you word from Jehovah for this new year, 2026, God is going to call you out of the wilderness and into the place of prominence where you will showcase all that God has been training you for. That is why you must remain committed to your devotion to God.
I hear it in the spirit, in 2026, the word from God is BLOSSOM! (Isa. 60:5).
The seed of God in you will blossom and the grace of God in your life will be unlocked and you will flourish because God is sending the rain of His word on you.
Praise master Jesus Christ!
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isa 55:10-11NIV
Begin to give praise to God!
Keep following.
Emma your brother pnurnigeria@gmail.com
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