TOPIC: HELPING ONE ANOTHER IN THE JOURNEY OF FAITH
TEXT: 2 Samuel 10:6-11(NKJV)
- 10:6. When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, the people of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of Maacah one thousand men, and from Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.
- 10:7. Now when David heard [of it,] he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
- 10:8. Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array at the entrance of the gate. And the Syrians of Zoba, Beth Rehob, Ish-Tob, and Maacah [were] by themselves in the field.
- 10:9. When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s best and put [them] in battle array against the Syrians.
- 10:10. And the rest of the people he put under the command of Abishai his brother, that he might set [them] in battle array against the people of Ammon.
- 10:11. Then he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
STUDY:
“No man is an island”, so goes a saying. Everyone, at one time or the other, needs help to handle challenges. To get this help, people seek and build partnerships; even agents of darkness do this. In our text today, when the children of Ammon saw defeat staring them in the face, from Israel, they hired the Syrians to help them. Consequently, Joab the commander of Israel’s army responded to the threat by dividing the troop into two groups, with Abishai in charge of one.
Most importantly, he left them with an instruction, “If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you.” God has made us a family of Christians in a world that is opposed to our faith in which they have positioned as Syrians and Ammonites against us, making some of us to falter and fall prey to them. God, through the mouth of Joab, is today urging us to wade in and help one another.
In Romans 15:1, St. Paul urges that the strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak. As we live our lives today, may God use us as great help to others in this faith journey!
PRAYER:
Grant me strength, oh Lord, to be a source of help to others, Amen!
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