![]() ![]() “All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader.” 1ĭavid, as a king in exile, became a rallying point for God’s people. So these four hundred men forsook everything and put all their hope in David. They heard he was a courageous, compassionate leader who was undefeated in battle. They heard of his victory over Goliath and the Philistine army, and of his repeated skirmishes with Saul and other enemies. They heard that one day he would rule from the throne in Jerusalem. They heard that he was God’s anointed king. Faced with Saul’s seemingly permanent rule over them, the four hundred men became discontented, distressed, and discouraged in their daily life. To them, he seemed invincible in his power and immovable from his position of authority. His enemy, Saul, was in power, and during that time he desperately did all he could to destroy David and those who were loyal to him.įour hundred men from all walks of life became terrified of Saul. The Old Testament describes how, for approximately fourteen years after David was anointed by God as king over His people, he did not sit on the throne. Is the source of your hopelessness nothing you can really pinpoint, just a general feeling of depression, disillusionment, discouragement, distress, or defeat? What has caused you to feel that the candle of hope in your life is soon to go out? Soaring inflation that is straining your budget to the breaking point? Bloody civil war in your city? Discord in your marriage? Turmoil in your business? Division in your church? Disease and death seem to be all around us. ![]() And who needs a candle when you have the Son?” The pastor of a church in the capital city of Monrovia, writing his Christmas letter by candlelight to the leaders of his denomination, expressed the hope of his heart: “My candle is soon to go out, but the sun is rising. ![]() The church in Liberia, Africa, was cut off from the rest of the world during that country’s bloody civil war. Let us rejoiceĪnd be glad and give Him glory! - Revelation 19:6-7 Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. ![]()
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