"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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