TOUCH
NOT
Memorise:
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophet no harm. 1st
Chronicles 16:21-22
Read:
1st Samuel 30:1-8, Bible in one year: 2nd Chronicles
6:12-7:10, Luke 21:25-22:13
In today’s Bible reading, while David
and his men were away, the Amalekites invaded Ziklag, defeated the city and set
it on fire; after which they took members of their families – wives, sons and
daughters as captives. When they returned and saw the situation of Ziklag,
David and his men were really distressed, disappointed and discouraged. It was
more so for David because the incident brought so much disaffection, bad blood
and misunderstanding between him and his men; to the extent that they blamed
him for the incident and spoke of stoning him to death. 1st Samuel
30:6 says:
“And
David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the
soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:
but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”
There are some lessons we can learn from
this. The first thing we see here is that whenever you arise to fight the
people of God, you lose your defence and you or your family may suffer for it.
David was running from King Saul and he went to take up refuge with the
Philistines, who were enemies of God (1st Samuel 27:1). When a
battle ensued between Israel
and the Philistines, he decided to team up with them to fight his own people (1st
Samuel 29). Thank God he was sent back home by the Philistines who realised who
he was. By the time he go back home, the covering over his family was blown,
and his loved ones had been taken captive. Never team up with the enemy against
the people of God! Whatever your justification might be, never fight anyone who
is named after the Name of Christ, irrespective of how long he or she has been
in the faith. You will blow your cover and endanger innocent lives. Certain
things that should not be heard of are happening to believers today, because
they are busy fighting one another. The second lesson here is they are busy
fighting one another. The second lesson here is that even when he had not fight
against his people, just because he had pitched his tent with the enemies of God,
his family suffered for it. If you pitch your tent in Sodom ,
when the fire comes to destroy Sodom ,
it will equally engulf you. Check your life today! Are you fighting, speaking
against or treading upon on any child of God? You are courting trouble! Have
you partnered with unbelievers to torment, oppress, rob, deny, persecute or
deal with a believer in Christ? Repent today, apologise and desist from such
actions before they boomerang on you or your family.
Key
point
God
strictly warms that His bona fide children must not be touched. Anyone who
touches them will definitely pay dearly for it.
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