Ziklags

Pastor Pete preached yesterday evening on 1 Samuel 30.

David returns from marching with the Philistine army to find that the camp at Ziklag had been destroyed by the Amalekites. All their wives and children had been captured, and taken. The men in the army were so upset, they were angry and wanted to stone David. David himself could empathise with their anguish, his own 2 wives had been taken from him and he mourned for them.

Yet, "David strengthened himself in the Lord his God".

What a wonderful reminder we had that in trials we need to strengthen ourselves in the Lord our God! We all go through Ziklags!

Pastor Pete brought out the wonderful parallels between this passage, and Christ's prayer in John 17. David strengthened himself in the Lord, and we had a wonderful reminder that none of us are lost. As David in 1 Samuel 30 v 18-19, David brought back all, the same in John 17 "None are lost".

What a wonderful comfort it is to know that all things do work together for our good, even when we can't see it, and that when we go through our 'Ziklags' we know that Christ promises us that none will be lost - we will be saved to glory!