GHG SHORT DEVOTIONALS - 43 (YOUR ENEMIES WILL PERISH)

“…for all the men who sought your life are dead.” – Exodus 4:19

“…for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.” – Matthew 2:20

“Those who are coming against you and those who sought your life will go astray but you will live and prosper”, says God to you today. 

1.     God will not deliver you into your enemy’s hand.

“…Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.” – 1 Samuel 23:14

Saul rose against David and tried to kill him several times. Day after day he searched for David to kill him but God did not give David into Saul’s hand.  At the end, Saul died. But God gave His grace to David to become King over His people. 

God will not deliver you into the hands of those who come against you. They will perish but you will live says God to you.

2.     Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them.

“You shall seek them and not find them-Those who contended with you. Those who war against you shall be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing." - Isaiah 41:12 

 David and his men protected the shepherds and things of a man named Nabal. They were like a wall around all the things that Nabal had in the wilderness. Though David did good to Nabal, he repaid him evil for good. So David had decided to kill Nabal. As he was going against Nabal, Abigail, the wife of Nabal came and met David in the midway and said this wonderful word which is recorded in 1 Samuel 25:29

“Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling."

David heeded to the words of Abigail and returned back. After about ten days, the Lord struck Nabal and he died. 

God says in Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things to come hasten upon them." 

People might come against you and seek your life. Do not get discouraged. God is not going to deliver you into the hands of your enemies. Your life will be bound securely by the Lord your God. The lives of your enemies will sling out. You will search for your enemies but will not find them. They will perish but you will live and prosper. God will do everything for you. God is on your side and He will protect you.

-         GHG Short Devotions