David is in a state of... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
1 Samuel 30:4

David is in a state of panic! He is the conqueror of the giant Goliath. He is the man after God’s own heart who is to become king one day. But now his fear of the reigning King Saul has overwhelmed him. He has been hiding for so long from Saul along with his loyal followers in ever-changing places and now he is at his wits’ end. David flees from his pursuers to the Philistines. He even goes as far as defecting to the enemies of the people of God in order to seek safety with them!

There with the Philistines, David is welcome as a servant. But when it comes to war against Israel, they don’t really trust him. In the battle against King Saul and the people of Israel, the Philistines don’t want him as an ally. How humiliating!

When David and his men then return from the rallying point of the armies to their home in Ziklag, they find the city reduced to rubble. Women and children have been led away captive by the hostile Amalekites! Shocked, David and his people burst into tears, weeping “until there was no strength left in them to weep”.

But then the situation becomes much more difficult for David: his men are bitter over the loss of their families; they want to stone their leader. Can things get any worse for him? But it is here that the turning point occurs: David remembers God again. He again counts on His help. And because he “strengthens himself in God”, not only he but also his men find new courage. In the end, they find their families and are able to rescue them.

Today, too, God wants to give new courage and strength to all those who trust in Him and to help them in their every need and difficulty.

Today’s reading: Job 6:1-30 · Acts 7:17-34