Topic: Meeting Needs – A Therapy To Personal Challenges [Tuesday November 28, 2017]
Scripture: And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water…1 Samuel 30:11-12
Thought For The Day: Those who avoid people avoid possibilities. Those who take people for granted get stranded in life.
The background story of our anchor scripture is the raid of the Amalekites on Ziklag. The Amalekites invaded Ziklag and had taken captive their women and children and looted their possessions (1Samuel 30:1-3).
While David and his men were looking for the Amalekites, they came across a man in the field that was almost at the point of death because he had not eaten for three days. David and his men abandoned their challenges, picked the man and fed him. Afterwards, he was revived. Unknown to David, the man was a servant of an Amalekite who invaded Ziklag. Through his assistance, David located the Amalekites’ camp, had his vengeance on them and got the restoration of all that they had taken from him.
Thus in meeting the man’s need, they got their needs met.
Beloved, those who avoid people avoid possibilities. Those who take people for granted get stranded in life. The value you place on people determines the value you get in life. Maybe, David’s journey would have ended in frustration if not that he met a stranger’s need on his way.
So, meeting the needs of others is a therapy to having your own needs met.
Remember This: Those who avoid people avoid possibilities. Those who take people for granted get stranded in life.
Assignment(S):
- Shift your focus from your challenge(s) and locate a person with a need, meet the need.
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Determine never to turn a blind eye to people’s needs if you are in the position to help.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: SECRETS OF RESTORATION. PART 5
Prayer: O LORD, I connect with the mantle to solve problems in the lives of people. I receive the passion for compassion Lord. Help me to be a solution provider and an answer in my generation, Lord in Jesus’ Name.
Quote: Meeting needs is superior to needing things. Culled from 365 WISDOM CAPSULES by Dr Paul Enenche
Daily Reading: Daniel 5:1 to 31, 2 Peter 2:1 to 22, Psalm 119:113 to 128, Proverbs 28:19 to 20
Amazing Fact: Horses can sleep both lying down and standing up positions
Today In History: 28/11/1893, Women voted in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election.
Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities.
