{"id":33641,"date":"2024-12-05T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-samuel_5_1-16-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:17:15","slug":"2-samuel_5_17-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-samuel_5_17-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Just Rely On Your Experience. Look to God."},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Samuel\u00a0 5:17-25\u00a0\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Samuel 5:17-25.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 5:17-25 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0so David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD answered him, “Go, for I will surely hand the Philistines over to you.”
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a017-25: \u00a0 There was a season in David\u2019s life when for 16 months David had allied himself with the Philistines, such that King Achish of the Philistines thought David was fighting for them (1 Samuel 27).\u00a0 So when the Philistines hear that David has now been anointed king over Israel, they must have felt in some ways betrayed and rejected by David.\u00a0 So the Philistines come in full force, spreading their entire army across the Valley of Rephaim to fight David.\u00a0 David inquires of the Lord, gets God’s signal to attack the Philistines, obeys God’s signal, and is victorious over the Philistines (v19-20).\u00a0 David’s men remove the idols that the Philistines left behind (v21) and David attributes his victory to the Lord (v20). \u00a0 When the Philistines spread out across the same valley of Rephaim a second time to attack David (v22), David inquires of God again and gets a new strategy for attacking the Philistines (v23).\u00a0 He implements that new strategy and is successful.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 The thing I love about David here is that whenever David faced a challenge, even a challenge that he had seen before, David didn\u2019t assume that he knew what to do based on his experience, his anointing or his logic.\u00a0 Rather, David made it a point to inquire of the Lord regarding the situation.\u00a0 Each time David inquired of the Lord, he received a greater confidence and a new and creative strategy to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n

Likewise, if you want to be consistently victorious over the enemy\u2019s attacks, it\u2019s about learning to depend on the Lord more than on yourself.\u00a0 Trust God\u2019s wisdom more than your own wisdom.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t just assume that you know how to handle the situation based on your experience or smarts.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Ask God for wisdom and insight.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0When you do, you will receive greater revelation, peace, confidence and creative strategies that you wouldn\u2019t have gotten by just depending on yourself.<\/p>\n

Father, like David I pray I would not assume that I know what to do based on my experience or smarts.\u00a0 Instead may I depend on You, inquire of You and look to You for help, wisdom, insight and strength.\u00a0 Speak to me today, Lord, and give me revelation and insight into my situation.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Samuel 5:17-25.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!\u00a0<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 5:17-25 (NIV)
\n17\u00a0\u00a0When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
\n18\u00a0\u00a0Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
\n19\u00a0\u00a0so David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD answered him, “Go, for I will surely hand the Philistines over to you.”<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a017-25: \u00a0 There was a season in David\u2019s life when for 16 months David had allied himself with the Philistines, such that King Achish of the Philistines thought David was fighting for them (1 Samuel 27).\u00a0 So when the Philistines hear that David has now been anointed king over Israel, they must have felt in some ways betrayed and rejected by David.\u00a0 So the Philistines come in full force, spreading their entire army across the Valley of Rephaim to fight David.\u00a0 David inquires of the Lord, gets God’s signal to attack the Philistines, obeys God’s signal, and is victorious over the Philistines (v19-20).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33649,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33641\/revisions\/33649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}