MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Tuesday May 26, 2020
Topic: Be Generous In Victory
Text: 1 Samuel 30:21 – 26
A good
leader is always generous and magnanimous in victory. He/she does take all. He reaches
out to the opposition and tries so much to reconcile aggrieved parties. This was
what David did as we have in our text for the day. He used his authority to
over-rule the submission of some of “the wicked and worthless men” who went
with him as they pursued the Amalekites (30:22, 23).
He
managed the situation with all sweetness, though they were such wicked and unreasonable
men, he called them brethren; not only as of the same nation and religion with
him, but as his fellow-soldiers. He admonished them to be magnanimous with what
God has provided because it didn’t come out of sheer hard work but the mercies
of God.
There
are two major lessons we should learn in this our text.
1. We
shouldn’t unkindly and ingloriously withhold from our brethren whatever God has
freely given or imparted to us. What are the things God has freely given to
you? It may be your time; your wealth, your strength, your talents, etc. They
are gifts that should be used for the God and humanity. You shouldn’t brag with
them or hoard them from use in your neighbourhood, office, church and the
society at large.
2.
Secondly, as leaders in whatever capacity we find ourselves, we should manage
the behaviours of all under us in such a way that there will be peace always.
David managed the anger of some of these “the wicked and worthless men.” This
should be a challenge to us who are leaders in the home, office, school or wherever
God has placed us.
Food for Thought: Being magnanimous with what God has given freely to us is a sign
that we are grateful to Him.
Memory verse: 1 Samuel 30:23
Prayer:
Our father in heaven, help to be magnanimous with what you have given freely to
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