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撒母耳记上［第30章］
Book of 1 Samuel 30

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撒母耳记上［第30章］|Book of 1st Samuel 30

【在绝境中的提升】

主讲: 林国晶传道

24/08/2023


引言：

神允许亚玛力人攻破洗革拉，并用火焚烧，相信是神要把大卫从这个舒适的安乐窝里赶出去，也准备他在不久的将来要上希伯仑去作王。

一、倚靠不放弃（V3-15)

1．坚定倚靠神(V3-6)

此刻，大卫不仅失去他的妻儿、失去他的百姓、失去一切，甚至即将要失去他的性命。面对如此绝境，大卫似乎只剩自己一个人。然而，大卫却抓住耶和华他的神，心里坚固，至终倚靠神。

绝境会使人转向神，尤其大卫相信神会帮助他。

2.求问耶和华（V7-15）

我们看见当大卫心中倚靠神不放弃，即使周遭的人已陷入绝望，只剩下独自一人有信心，也坚持下去，并马上来到神面前求问神。结果，神就使用埃及少年人帮助他们找到他们的家人！

二、显王者风范（V16-25）

1.以少胜多(V16-20)

虽然，所有的优势都在亚玛力人那里，但神却让已非常疲惫的大卫的军队以少胜多。当时大卫找到敌人的阵营，我们看见他们不单夺回亚玛力人在洗革拉所掳的，连亚玛力人在其他地方所掳的都夺走，因此他们是更多的夺回，因为得着神的帮助。

2.平分财物(V21-25)

大卫很清楚的知道，他们的胜利是来自神的帮助。既然得胜是神白白的恩典，而不是看人有没有出力，大卫觉得人就不能独占，应当大家平分。这里显出了大卫的王者身量。

三、归荣耀与神（V26-31)

既然是神使他们得胜，所以虽然掳物甚多，但大卫没有为自己取得一物，反而成为一个王，犒赏他的百姓，把掳物送赠给跟随他的人，还有南地的百姓。这一次大卫在洗革拉所经历的功课，把他的生命和信心带到了更高之处，因此他把一切荣耀都归于神。

总结：

大卫在绝境中仍选择倚靠神到底，神也安排了使者（埃及少年）领他们到敌军那里去，不止杀败敌军把原有的夺回，甚至得到掳物全部分给百姓，成就了大卫作王的生命。

在这里，我们看见神做事的法则，常常是先倒空再充满、先拆毁再建造。神常常也允许苦难、剥夺临到我们身上，因为神要把我们从我们的绝境中救出来，让我们重新活在神荣耀的旨意当中，使我们的生命被提升并且更加丰盛！

1 SAMUEL 30 ELEVATION IN THE MIDST OF DESPERATE SITUATION
GK611 MORNING DEVOTION
24/8/2023
THE MORNING DEVOTION SPEAKER: PS. STELLA LING

INTRODUCTION:

GOD ALLOWED THE AMALEKITES TO BREAK THROUGH ZIKLAG AND BURN IT WITH FIRE, BELIEVING THAT IT WAS GOD'S WAY OF DRIVING DAVID OUT OF THIS COSY COMFORT ZONE AND PREPARING HIM TO GO UP TO HEBRON TO REIGN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

1. RELIANCE WITHOUT GIVING UP (V3-15)

(1). STRONG RELIANCE ON GOD (V3-6)

AT THIS MOMENT, DAVID HAD NOT ONLY LOST HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN, HIS PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING, BUT HE WAS EVEN ABOUT TO LOSE HIS LIFE. IN THE FACE OF SUCH A DESPERATE SITUATION, DAVID SEEMED TO BE ALL ALONE. HOWEVER, DAVID TOOK HOLD OF THE LORD HIS GOD, STRENGTHENED HIS HEART, AND RELIED ON GOD TO THE END.

DESPERATE TIMES LEAD PEOPLE TO TURN TO GOD, ESPECIALLY DAVID WHO TRUSTED GOD TO HELP HIM.

(2) ASK THE LORD (V7-15)

WE SEE THAT WHEN DAVID RELIED ON GOD IN HIS HEART AND DIDN'T GIVE UP, HE PERSEVERED EVEN WHEN THOSE AROUND HIM WERE IN DESPAIR AND HE WAS LEFT ALONE WITH FAITH, AND IMMEDIATELY CAME TO GOD TO ASK HIM. AS A RESULT, GOD USED THE EGYPTIAN TEENAGERS TO HELP THEM FIND THEIR FAMILIES!

2. SHOWING THE KING’S DEMEANOR (V16-25)

(1) OVERCOMING THE MANY WITH THE FEW (V16-20)

ALTHOUGH, ALL THE ADVANTAGE WAS WITH THE AMALEKITES, GOD ALLOWED DAVID'S ARMY, WHICH WAS ALREADY VERY TIRED, TO WIN WITH FEW. WHEN DAVID FOUND THE ENEMY'S CAMP, WE SEE THAT THEY NOT ONLY RECAPTURED WHAT THE AMALEKITES HAD TAKEN AT ZIKLAG, BUT ALSO WHAT THE AMALEKITES HAD TAKEN ELSEWHERE, SO THAT THEY WERE RECAPTURING MORE, BECAUSE OF GOD'S HELP.

(2) EQUAL DIVISION OF POSSESSIONS (V21-25)

DAVID KNEW FULL WELL THAT THEIR VICTORY WAS FROM GOD'S HELP. SINCE THE VICTORY WAS BY GOD'S FREE GRACE, AND NOT BY MAN'S CONTRIBUTION, DAVID FELT THAT MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO IT, BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG ALL. HERE DAVID'S KINGLY STATURE IS REVEALED.

3. GLORY TO GOD (V26-31)

SINCE IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE THEM THE VICTORY, ALTHOUGH THE CAPTIVITY WAS GREAT, DAVID DID NOT GAIN A THING FOR HIMSELF, BUT BECAME A KING, REWARDING HIS PEOPLE, AND GIVING GIFTS OF CAPTIVITY TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIM, AS WELL AS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN LAND. THE LESSONS DAVID EXPERIENCED AT ZIKLAG ON THIS OCCASION TOOK HIS LIFE AND FAITH TO A HIGHER PLACE, AND SO HE GAVE GOD ALL THE GLORY.

CONCLUSION:

DAVID CHOSE TO RELY ON GOD TO THE END EVEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS DESPERATE SITUATION. GOD ALSO ARRANGED MESSENGERS (EGYPTIAN YOUTH) TO LEAD THEM TO THE ENEMY ARMY, AND NOT ONLY DEFEATED THE ENEMY ARMY AND TOOK BACK WHAT THEY HAD, BUT EVEN GOT ALL THE CAPTIVES TO GIVE TO THE PEOPLE, THUS FULFILLING DAVID'S LIFE OF REIGNING AS A KING.

HERE WE SEE THAT GOD'S LAW OF DOING THINGS IS OFTEN TO EMPTY BEFORE FILLING, TO TEAR DOWN BEFORE BUILDING. GOD OFTEN ALLOWS SUFFERING AND DEPRIVATION TO COME UPON US, BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO DELIVER US FROM OUR DESPERATE SITUATION, SO THAT WE CAN LIVE AGAIN IN GOD'S GLORIOUS WILL, AND SO THAT OUR LIVES WILL BE UPLIFTED AND BECOME MORE ABUNDANT!