L.O.G.I.C Everywhere: Full Recovery

This message was preached by Prophetess LaTrice Ryan.

1 Samuel 30:1-8,18-19

This message was preached by Prophetess LaTrice Ryan.

1 Samuel 30:1-8,18-19 NASB

¹ Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; ² and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. ³ When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. ⁴ Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep. ⁵ Now David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. ⁶ Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

⁷ Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. ⁸ David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?” And He said to him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.”

¹⁸ So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. ¹⁹ But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

¹⁸ So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and ^[n]rescued his two wives. ¹⁹ But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.

In verse 1 we see disaster and in verse 4 we see depression. Have you ever cried dried tears? David also experienced death in verse 6. We meet David after he came after a great victory. In 1 Samuel 27 David has subdued Ziklag. While he was on the battle field for the Lord the enemy crept through the back door and caused havoc. Isn't it like that for us? We have have a glorious time on Sunday and a breakdown on Monday. We can pray for others but nothing happens for you. We do self examinations, we question God. Whey does it look like the enemy is winning? Understand what God is doing in your life. He is setting you up. In order to recover you have to go through some things.

David was wining the battle outside but losing at home. He was a public success but was a private failure. You look good on the outside but going through. People will look at you and say you have it all together and you don't need anything. They don't know what it took to put a smile on your face.

You can be a public success but a private failure. You can fight the devil at church but look like you've been choked by the time you get home. David means beloved. God loves David deeply; a man after God's own heart. Chosen by God, was in the field tendering the sheep. God did not look at the outward appearance but looked at his heart (1 Sam 16:7). There are people that don't look like us but are used by God. Paul, David, and Moses were misfits as well as Jesus. God is using misfits. God will clean people up and put them in the battle field.

David is God's man, God's chosen, His beloved, called by God. He was God's man but why would God let David go through hell?