ESOCS Devotional 15 April 2025 – God With You, The Impossible Is Done
MEMORY VERSE: “A giant named Ishbobenob who was carrying a bronze spear that weighed about seven and a half pounds and who was wearing a new sword thought he could kill David.” 2 Samuel 21:16
TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 21:10-21
Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa. 13 So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. 14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land.
15 When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. 16 Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”
18 Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the giant. 19 Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
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We serve the Omnipotent God. He can release His power to make the weak stronger than the strongest man. This was the case in our text today. David grew tired during a battle with Philistines. It became an opportunity for a philistine giant to assume that he could kill the LORD’s anointed. It does not matter the level of your strength or connection, the major thing is to be sure that God is with you. If you can’t do it, God will raise helpers. David got help from his men and the giant was killed. Several of them who rose against Israel in that era met defeat.
The point that should be noted here is that David had men who were trained to be equal to the task. When you occupy a position, it pays to help others grow as much as they can. It provides a situation where you will not have to lack a helper when the need arises. Let it be known that God uses human beings to do most of what He has to do for us. It therefore means that we should cooperate among ourselves so we can be helpful to one another when the need arises.
CHALLENGES
- How much do you support others to grow?
PRAYER POINT
- Father, may I be found equipped and ready for your use at all times in Jesus name. Amen.
FURTHER READING: 2 Samuel 22:1-25; Romans 15:1-23,21:1-9; Romans 14:12-23
ESOCS Devotional 15 April 2025
