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SAMUEL 22:1-2
In 1 Samuel 22:1-2, David ran to the cave
Adullam and there the frustrated, distressed, heavenly indebted and hopeless
people came to meet him for protection and he became their captain. Those
‘rejects’ ended up becoming David’s mighty men. This tells us that God is a
specialist in using the people the world has rejected. God takes a ‘nobody’ and
makes him ‘somebody.’ This is why there is hope for people like you and I. Do
people say you are a ‘Mr Nobody’? Rejoice because you are the kind of person
God wants to use. And by the time He is through, those who called you a
riff-raff, would begin to bow down to you.
In choosing the first king in Israel, God went to the smallest tribe, Benjamin and to the smallest family (1 Samuel 9:21). God looked for the least among the smallest to make king. To replace him, God looked for the youngest, a shepherd boy David. Elijah’s father was so impoverished that his name was not even mentioned. Yet God chose him and through him brought fire down from Heaven (1 Kings 17:1).
One very interesting area of study in the Bible is the genealogies. The children of Israel loved their genealogies and attach much premium to it. To many believers, it is boring reading through them. a close look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in Matthew chapter one reveals some ‘rejects’ who one way or the other found themselves there.
Rahab the harlot, Ruth the idolater, Uriah’s wife, who was an adulteress and who connived with David to kill her husband were there. This shows God has a definite purpose for your life. If you can truly repent and accept Jesus today and follow Him, your tomorrow will be alright. If God can use a harlot, an adulteress and an idolater, there is hope for me. Yield your life in total surrender to the Most High. He will make of you what you never thought possible.
In choosing the first king in Israel, God went to the smallest tribe, Benjamin and to the smallest family (1 Samuel 9:21). God looked for the least among the smallest to make king. To replace him, God looked for the youngest, a shepherd boy David. Elijah’s father was so impoverished that his name was not even mentioned. Yet God chose him and through him brought fire down from Heaven (1 Kings 17:1).
One very interesting area of study in the Bible is the genealogies. The children of Israel loved their genealogies and attach much premium to it. To many believers, it is boring reading through them. a close look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in Matthew chapter one reveals some ‘rejects’ who one way or the other found themselves there.
Rahab the harlot, Ruth the idolater, Uriah’s wife, who was an adulteress and who connived with David to kill her husband were there. This shows God has a definite purpose for your life. If you can truly repent and accept Jesus today and follow Him, your tomorrow will be alright. If God can use a harlot, an adulteress and an idolater, there is hope for me. Yield your life in total surrender to the Most High. He will make of you what you never thought possible.
MEMORIZE:
PSALM 40:2 –He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
