You shall recover it all

“And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.”
Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; their women were taken captives, which were therein: none were killed, either great or small, but were carried away.
In fact, David's two wives were equally taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
“..David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.”
How would you feel if all you had including your lovely wife and kids were taken captives by an enemy?
Grace is activated when there is no iota of hope and the people concerned exercise some degree of faith in the Lord.
The storm will come, however, your ability to remain steadfast in your faith and demand change determines whether you will win or fail. David and his people did not give up. In fact, what had happened to David and his people were enough to discourage majority of us from further serving the Lord.
When things in your life become hard and there seems to be no hope anywhere, faith and courage are the only determiners. Faith taught David and his people the right thing - they sought the Lord.
“And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.”
Courage, determination, and faith were the ingredients that activated and stirred up the spirit of David and indeed pushed them to fight back until everything was recovered.
In the end, “David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.” David and his people met the right person at the right time.
It is my prayer that whoever the Lord has prepared to help you discover all that you have lost, either by accident or by evil machinations, shall meet you at the right time and place in Jesus name.
The Lord gave David and his people a master-plan to victory. He shall give you too that master-plan to overcome every storm in your life. David enquired of the Lord, if only you will enquire and wait for the Lord, victory shall be yours in Jesus name.
In fact, the Lord shall “restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm…  And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, which hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.”
We have all had days (and maybe even years) when life just doesn’t seem to be going our way! I have had long seasons of life where I felt like nothing was working and everything was out of whack, and I have had frustrating days where I just cannot seem to get anything accomplished.
If only you will keep pushing hard and never give up, the Lord will certainly provide you with the courage, strength, strategy and the master plan to succeed.  Success comes to those who keep trying with positive mental attitude and faith in the Lord.
Say to yourself, am winning and close your ears to the voice of failure. Certainly, failure isn’t your portion.
Your enemies are not defeated until you find them under your feet. David said: “I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.”
You will not only defeat your enemies and detractors who wish you failure and embarrassment, but you shall trample upon them until they are utterly annihilated.
Life may have been hard and unfair to you for some time now, one thing is sure; the Lord has promised not to abandon you nor forsake you. “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
“From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” Even the hair of Samson grew again. He inadvertently had his hair cut off due to utter disobedience; nonetheless, his hair grew again. It does not really matter how you lost it all, one is thing sure and promising - your hair shall grow again.
“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. Pursue, for you shall recover all. You are winning if you don’t quit!!
(Nb: all Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.)

By: Analimbey, Adobe-Rah Chris
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