- 2 Samuel 17 Daily DEVO I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king. 2 Samuel 17:2 – What we can learn from today’s passage is how our common enemy works. Look at the different things said in this verse and see how they match up to how our enemy fights. The enemy will wait till we are weary and discouraged because then we are more likely to find strength in places we would have never gone to if we were rested and encouraged. The enemy wants to throw our world into panic and worry because we don’t think as clearly and we end up doing things rashly rather than with a level head. The enemy wants to separate us from the people that are with us because isolation is the opposite of where God wants us. Then the enemy strikes to kill. He isn’t playing with us, he wants to destroy us. I want to highlight all this to remind you of the importance of daily pursuing God with your life. The enemy is real and is being sneaky as to how to bring you down. Yet, if we continue to find our refreshment each day in God, continuing to find our strength and encouragement in Him, we’ll respond very differently to the attacks of our common enemy. So ask yourself what refreshes you daily in your walk with God. Seek that out and other things as well. Let today be a day of refreshment for you and know that God is here waiting to give that to you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 448
- And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom. 2 Samuel 17:14 – Absalom, who had taken over the role of “king” of Israel unjustly and temporarily, had a guy named Ahithophel on his side. Ahithophel was one of the smartest guys in Israel, his role was to give great advice to the king. What we see here is smart advice being given by the smartest man and if followed could have placed David in a bad spot, but God was more powerful. God was able to change the course Absalom was going down, defeat the “smarts” of Ahithophel, and save David all in one move. In our day it can seem like evil has everything they need to succeed and it can seem like that will be what happens. God though is not afraid because God is in control. He’s smarter, He’s stronger, He’s wiser, and He’s better. So yes, we aren’t dismissing the power and force the enemy can bring, we’re just acknowledging our God has more. Fear not then the moves of our enemy, even if they seem like a final blow. Our God can handle whatever comes our way and He has a way of even making something beautiful come out of it. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1876
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