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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Samuel 30:11-31
The poor Egyptian slave, abandoned by his master, whom David welcomes and refreshes with food, reminds us of the condition of the lost sinner. When Satan has left him in a state of total weakness and moral death, Jesus, like the good Samaritan, gives him life as well as strength and the ability to serve Him.
Guided by this lad, David and his men fall without warning on the Amalekites, who are busy celebrating their victory. And God allows them to recover all that had been stolen from them and to take possession of a lot of booty. This is divine mercy and they all must profit, even those who ’tarried by the stuff"! Such is the answer of David to his selfish and jealous companions. And is it not equally the teaching of the gospel? The workman at the eleventh hour will receive as much as his friends who have worked from the morning, in spite of their resentment, because he has business with a master who is full of kindness (Matthew 20:14-15). Do not let us think, for example, that an infirm or sick believer will be less favoured in the day of Christ because he is apparently not "in the front line". We are not able to judge the service of other Christians nor to estimate their reward. The Lord has prepared it for them in accordance with His perfect love.
