"All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered
around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were
with him." - 1 Samuel 22:2
Have you ever felt that you could accomplish a whole lot more if you
had more talented people around you? Perhaps you are in an office and think
that some of your fellow workers don't quite measure up. Imagine what
David must have thought in the years following his anointing by the
prophet Samuel as the next king of Israel. He spent the next many years
running from King Saul. Now God was beginning to bring men to support
David. But what kind of men? The down-and-out. God gave David not the
elite or the sophisticated; He gave him those who were in debt and
discontented with life. David turned those men into the best fighting
men of their day. In fact, David never lost a battle during his entire
reign as king of Israel-quite a feat for a bunch of no-name, lowlifes!
Some of those men became an elite group known as David's Mighty Men.
These were the elite of the elite, the Navy Seals, the Few Good Men,
the Green Berets. Whatever you call them, they were exceptional warriors.
Jesus took a few men who weren't exactly the cream of the crop either.
He built His life into these men, which resulted in 12 men who turned
the world upside down. Are you one of God's mighty men or women? Are
you investing your life to build other mighty men or women? David and Jesus
set the example of what can be done when we invest in others. God does
extraordinary things through men who have an extraordinary God. Ask God
to use your life to be a mighty man or woman for a cause greater than
yourself. He delights in such prayers.
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