Do you know that no matter what you may be going through, you can encourage yourself in the Lord? And the Lord will give you the strength and power you need in order to get through? Yes, He will do it. He did it for David when David probably found it difficult to understand how he would endure. But, guess what? God was with him and God blessed him too. There are so many things I love about David. One of those things is that he encouraged himself in the Lord beyond the challenging circumstances he found himself in (1 Samuel 30:6).
When it seemed all was lost, David didn't give up. When everyone turned their backs on him, he stayed with his vision. When his family and community were taken, he went forth with what God told him to do. David never left the Lord in spite of his circumstances. I love that he did the opposite of what some of us would do, he stayed with God, he didn't run away from God. And he didn't try to take matters into his own hands. He ran towards the ordered steps of the Lord. Thus, he sought the Lord with all his heart. That's why David was a man after God's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14), which is why the Lord chose him to do the mighty things (and rejected Saul).
The point is simple: when all the chips are down, be strong in the strength the Lord has given you as you encourage yourself beyond your circumstances.
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