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Word for Today..........A Victory from Behind!
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them,
and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a
going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out
before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 2 Sam 5:23 & 24
Thou shalt not go up but fetch a compass behind them…..for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to
smite the host of the Philistines.
Let’s get an understanding of what was going on here. David had just been anointed king over ALL Israel.
I can only imagine the conversations which must have taken place among the Philistine kings when they
received word that David had become king of all Israel. David had actually been a part of the Philistine
army for a short time, and this would have given him knowledge that could now be used against the
Philistines. From a strictly military point of view, it may have been a good decision. The longer they waited,
the more David would unite his kingdom, and the greater his military strength would be.
David had already defeated the Philistines in the valley of Rephaim once and had overwhelmed his enemy
and so the Philistines decided to regroup and try it again. How many times have we had the same enemy
attack us, the same problem pop its head up. We all have perpetual enemies! Enemies of depression,
enemies of loneliness, lack, frustration, anxiety, sadness, sickness, and anger; the same song – different
day! We aren’t naïve enough to believe that once we are anointed that the devil is going to just go away.
In fact the very contrary is true. He is going to come FULL force; full throttle and full steam ahead. But like
David, keep asking God how to handle every attack.
So now David AGAIN enquires of the Lord asking what and how should he face this latest attack from his
enemy. God tells him to fight but not the same way he had fought before. God doesn’t have to do the
same thing, same way every time. He is a God of variety and various resources. God always gets you out
but SELDOM does He do it the same way or the way WE think. Sometimes I wonder if God just wants to
make sure we are paying attention and switches things up on us and flips our lives around to make sure we
KNOW that HE is in control and not us! But I rest in the fact that God knows what He is doing and there isn’
t a situation that God can’t handle. There is not a predicament that God can’t get you out of. There isn’t a
person, place or thing that God can’t put under your foot. God can handle the devil and anything he has to
offer or send.
This time, rather than attacking them head-on, David was told to circle around behind them. God instructs
him to draw back and come up behind the mulberry tree. And as Israel waited to see the salvation of the
Lord, God promised him to charge the enemy himself, by an invisible host of angels. But observe, though
God promised to go before him and smite the Philistines, yet David, when he heard the sound of the going
must stir himself and be ready to pursue the victory. Or let me say it where you can understand it. David
after hearing the sound of God going forth, had to get up and do something too. We will never see the
victory sitting by idle and lifeless, but we need to activate ourselves. We must be ready to move and do
exactly as God instructs even if it seems that we are coming up the wrong way. God knows how to bring us
to victory even when we don't understand how the victory will be delivered to us. So even when it looks like
you are failing or coming up last; Please know that victory is certain; it just might come from BEHIND!!!
Be Blessed!
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