June 28 – Wisdom in the Midst of Loss

1
00:00:02,480 –> 00:00:05,800
Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

2
00:00:06,120 –> 00:00:11,000
rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, June 28th.

3
00:00:11,520 –> 00:00:16,440
Wisdom in the midst of loss.
We all have those days where

4
00:00:16,440 –> 00:00:21,080
everything falls apart at once.
Plans collapse, relationship

5
00:00:21,080 –> 00:00:24,560
strain, something you worked
hard for doesn’t come through.

6
00:00:25,040 –> 00:00:28,800
And in those moments, there’s a
particular temptation to panic,

7
00:00:28,800 –> 00:00:32,600
to react, to do something,
anything, just to regain a sense

8
00:00:32,600 –> 00:00:35,320
of control.
And sometimes that desperate

9
00:00:35,320 –> 00:00:39,000
reaching is what leads to the
second mistake that compounds

10
00:00:39,000 –> 00:00:42,720
the first one.
David experienced this in one of

11
00:00:42,720 –> 00:00:45,560
the most dramatic scenes in all
of First Samuel.

12
00:00:46,000 –> 00:00:49,440
In Chapter 30, he and his men
returned to find their city,

13
00:00:49,480 –> 00:00:53,400
Ziklag, burned to the ground.
Their families had been taken

14
00:00:53,400 –> 00:00:56,240
captive.
The men around David were so

15
00:00:56,240 –> 00:00:58,640
devastated.
They were talking about stoning

16
00:00:58,640 –> 00:01:00,840
him.
Everything that could go wrong

17
00:01:00,840 –> 00:01:03,880
had gone wrong.
And first Samuel chapter 30

18
00:01:03,880 –> 00:01:07,840
verse 6 says David strengthened
himself in the Lord his God.

19
00:01:08,760 –> 00:01:12,160
That sentence is so short and so
profound.

20
00:01:13,080 –> 00:01:15,720
He didn’t strengthen himself in
his own resilience.

21
00:01:16,200 –> 00:01:19,400
He didn’t strengthen himself
through motivational self talk.

22
00:01:19,840 –> 00:01:24,000
He went to God, he turned his
catastrophic moment into a

23
00:01:24,000 –> 00:01:26,240
moment of prayer and seeking
direction.

24
00:01:26,680 –> 00:01:29,920
And from that place of spiritual
grounding he received clear

25
00:01:29,920 –> 00:01:31,960
guidance.
Pursue and recover.

26
00:01:32,400 –> 00:01:36,120
And First Samuel chapter 30,
verse 19 tells us David

27
00:01:36,120 –> 00:01:40,800
recovered all, not some of all.
Proverbs.

28
00:01:40,800 –> 00:01:44,680
Chapter 19, verses 1 and 2 frame
the wisdom side of this

29
00:01:44,680 –> 00:01:47,680
beautifully.
Better is a poor person who

30
00:01:47,680 –> 00:01:51,280
walks in his integrity than one
who is crooked in speech and is

31
00:01:51,280 –> 00:01:54,160
a fool.
Desire without knowledge is not

32
00:01:54,160 –> 00:01:57,600
good, and whoever makes haste
with his feet misses his way.

33
00:01:58,240 –> 00:02:01,000
The person who panics and rushes
misses the path.

34
00:02:01,480 –> 00:02:05,120
The person who maintains
integrity even in loss stays on

35
00:02:05,120 –> 00:02:08,360
solid ground.
It’s not about being perfect or

36
00:02:08,360 –> 00:02:11,760
having it all figured out.
It’s about staying grounded in

37
00:02:11,760 –> 00:02:14,240
God and choosing wisdom over
impulse.

38
00:02:14,240 –> 00:02:18,400
When everything is screaming at
you to react, we all face our

39
00:02:18,400 –> 00:02:21,840
Ziklag moments.
Maybe yours isn’t as dramatic.

40
00:02:22,080 –> 00:02:26,160
Maybe it’s a failed friendship,
a grade that tanked your GPAA

41
00:02:26,600 –> 00:02:29,760
family situation that feels
completely out of your hands.

42
00:02:30,200 –> 00:02:33,960
But the principle is the same.
Before you react, before you

43
00:02:33,960 –> 00:02:37,040
send the message you’ll regret,
before you make the desperate

44
00:02:37,040 –> 00:02:39,760
move out of fear, strengthen
yourself in God.

45
00:02:40,680 –> 00:02:44,240
That means going to Scripture
and finding the promises that

46
00:02:44,240 –> 00:02:47,640
speak to your situation.
It means prayer that isn’t just

47
00:02:47,640 –> 00:02:51,320
a quick plea, but an actual
conversation where you wait long

48
00:02:51,320 –> 00:02:55,240
enough to sense God’s direction.
It means calling someone wiser

49
00:02:55,240 –> 00:02:57,480
than you and listening before
you act.

50
00:02:58,400 –> 00:03:02,360
Your recovery of relationships,
of goals, of trust, of peace is

51
00:03:02,360 –> 00:03:04,600
possible.
But it starts with the same

52
00:03:04,600 –> 00:03:09,200
place David started, not with
your own strength, with his.

53
00:03:10,080 –> 00:03:13,880
Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

54
00:03:13,880 –> 00:03:16,440
being our strength in the
moments when we have none of our

55
00:03:16,440 –> 00:03:20,280
own, when life falls apart and
panic wants to take over.

56
00:03:20,680 –> 00:03:24,080
Help us to do what David did, to
strengthen ourselves in You

57
00:03:24,120 –> 00:03:27,440
before we do anything else.
Give us wisdom to act with

58
00:03:27,440 –> 00:03:31,640
integrity, courage to pursue
recovery, and faith to believe

59
00:03:31,640 –> 00:03:33,680
that what feels lost can be
restored.

60
00:03:34,120 –> 00:03:38,360
We trust you with the broken
pieces in Jesus name, Amen.

61
00:03:40,600 –> 00:03:43,920
What if the night was never
meant to be ruled by fear, but

62
00:03:43,920 –> 00:03:46,480
covered by the presence and
authority of God?

63
00:03:47,040 –> 00:03:49,920
Command Your Night is a
prophetic prayer script series

64
00:03:49,960 –> 00:03:53,000
created for believers who want
to pray with confidence before

65
00:03:53,000 –> 00:03:57,680
sleep, stand firm in spiritual
warfare and invite divine

66
00:03:57,680 –> 00:03:59,960
covering over every hour of
darkness.

67
00:04:00,120 –> 00:04:02,480
These prayers help you quiet
anxiety.

68
00:04:02,840 –> 00:04:06,440
Guard your home, resist
oppression, sanctify your

69
00:04:06,440 –> 00:04:10,440
dreams, cover your family, and
recognize sacred moments when

70
00:04:10,440 –> 00:04:13,560
God may be calling you to
intercede in the night watches.

71
00:04:13,760 –> 00:04:17,279
From peaceful sleep to midnight
breakthrough, this series gently

72
00:04:17,279 –> 00:04:20,680
strengthens your faith and
reminds you that no night season

73
00:04:20,680 –> 00:04:23,800
is beyond God’s power,
protection, and voice.

74
00:04:24,360 –> 00:04:27,920
Order now on Amazon or visit
prayerscripts.org.

75
00:04:32,440 –> 00:04:35,440
Now I invite you to spend time
with God in today’s three-year

76
00:04:35,440 –> 00:04:40,360
Bible reading plan.
Proverbs chapter 19 verses one

77
00:04:40,360 –> 00:04:44,760
to two World English Bible
Better is the poor who walks in

78
00:04:44,760 –> 00:04:47,760
his integrity than he who is
perverse in his lips and is a

79
00:04:47,760 –> 00:04:50,520
fool.
It isn’t good to have zeal

80
00:04:50,520 –> 00:04:53,440
without knowledge nor being
hasty with one’s feet and

81
00:04:53,440 –> 00:04:57,240
missing the way.
First Samuel Chapter 30 World

82
00:04:57,240 –> 00:05:01,640
English Bible When David and his
men had come to Ziklag, on the

83
00:05:01,640 –> 00:05:05,360
third day, the Amalkites had
made a raid on the South and on

84
00:05:05,360 –> 00:05:10,080
Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag
and burned it with fire, and had

85
00:05:10,080 –> 00:05:13,400
taken captive the women and all
who were in it, both small and

86
00:05:13,400 –> 00:05:16,120
great.
They didn’t kill any, but

87
00:05:16,120 –> 00:05:17,720
carried them off and went their
way.

88
00:05:18,760 –> 00:05:22,240
When David and his men came to
the city, behold, it was burned

89
00:05:22,240 –> 00:05:25,880
with fire, and their wives,
their sons, and their daughters

90
00:05:25,880 –> 00:05:29,840
were taken captive.
Then David and the people who

91
00:05:29,840 –> 00:05:32,960
were with him lifted up their
voice and wept until they had no

92
00:05:32,960 –> 00:05:36,720
more power to weep.
David’s two wives were taken

93
00:05:36,720 –> 00:05:40,160
captive, Ahenome the
Jezreelitis, and Abigail the

94
00:05:40,160 –> 00:05:44,480
wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
David was greatly distressed,

95
00:05:44,840 –> 00:05:48,000
for the people spoke of stoning
him, because the souls of all

96
00:05:48,000 –> 00:05:51,320
the people were grieved, every
man for his sons and for his

97
00:05:51,320 –> 00:05:54,360
daughters.
But David strengthened himself

98
00:05:54,360 –> 00:05:58,000
in Yahweh his God.
David said to Abiathar the

99
00:05:58,000 –> 00:06:01,320
priest, the son of Ahemletch,
please bring the ephod here to

100
00:06:01,320 –> 00:06:03,640
me.
Abiathar brought the ephod to

101
00:06:03,640 –> 00:06:06,720
David.
David inquired of Yahweh,

102
00:06:06,720 –> 00:06:10,040
saying, If I pursue after this
troop, will I overtake them?

103
00:06:10,400 –> 00:06:13,760
He answered him, pursue, for you
will surely overtake them, and

104
00:06:13,760 –> 00:06:19,200
will without fail recover all.
So David went, he and the 600

105
00:06:19,200 –> 00:06:22,720
men who were with him, and came
to the brook Basore, where those

106
00:06:22,720 –> 00:06:28,160
who were left behind stayed.
But David pursued he and 400 men

107
00:06:28,560 –> 00:06:31,920
for 200 stayed behind, who were
so faint that they couldn’t go

108
00:06:31,920 –> 00:06:35,400
over the brook Basore.
They found an Egyptian in the

109
00:06:35,400 –> 00:06:39,000
field and brought him to David
and gave him bread, and he ate,

110
00:06:39,400 –> 00:06:40,920
and they gave him water to
drink.

111
00:06:41,480 –> 00:06:44,440
They gave him a piece of a cake
of figs and two clusters of

112
00:06:44,440 –> 00:06:47,400
raisins.
When he had eaten, his spirit

113
00:06:47,400 –> 00:06:50,520
came again to him, for he had
eaten no bread and drank no

114
00:06:50,520 –> 00:06:52,560
water for three days and three
nights.

115
00:06:53,080 –> 00:06:55,560
David asked him, To whom do you
belong?

116
00:06:56,600 –> 00:06:59,360
Where are you from?
He said, I’m a young man of

117
00:06:59,360 –> 00:07:03,160
Egypt, servant to an Amalekite,
and my master left me because

118
00:07:03,160 –> 00:07:07,040
three days ago I got sick.
We made a raid on the South of

119
00:07:07,040 –> 00:07:10,160
the Cherithites and on that
which belongs to Judah, and on

120
00:07:10,160 –> 00:07:13,320
the South of Caleb, and we
burned Ziklag with fire.

121
00:07:13,920 –> 00:07:17,680
David said to him, Will you
bring me down to this troop?

122
00:07:18,000 –> 00:07:21,720
He said, Swear to me by God that
you will not kill me and not

123
00:07:21,720 –> 00:07:25,480
deliver me up into the hands of
my master, and I will bring you

124
00:07:25,480 –> 00:07:27,960
down to this troop.
When he had brought him down,

125
00:07:27,960 –> 00:07:31,520
behold, they were spread around
over all the ground, eating,

126
00:07:31,560 –> 00:07:35,680
drinking, and dancing, because
of all the great plunder that

127
00:07:35,680 –> 00:07:38,640
they had taken out of the land
of the Philistines and out of

128
00:07:38,640 –> 00:07:41,960
the land of Judah.
David struck them from the

129
00:07:41,960 –> 00:07:44,240
twilight even to the evening of
the next day.

130
00:07:44,840 –> 00:07:49,000
Not a man of them escaped from
there, except 400 young men who

131
00:07:49,000 –> 00:07:53,040
rode on camels and fled.
David recovered all that the

132
00:07:53,040 –> 00:07:56,520
Amalkite had taken, and David
rescued his two wives.

133
00:07:57,560 –> 00:08:00,720
There was nothing lacking to
them, neither small nor great,

134
00:08:00,840 –> 00:08:04,120
neither sons nor daughters,
neither plunder nor anything

135
00:08:04,120 –> 00:08:05,240
that they had taken.
To them.

136
00:08:05,840 –> 00:08:09,920
David brought back all David
took all the flocks and the

137
00:08:09,920 –> 00:08:13,320
herds which they drove before
those other livestock and said

138
00:08:13,680 –> 00:08:18,800
this is David’s plunder.
David came to the 200 men who

139
00:08:18,800 –> 00:08:22,280
were so faint that they could
not follow David, whom also they

140
00:08:22,280 –> 00:08:25,400
had made to stay at the Brook
Basore, and they went out to

141
00:08:25,400 –> 00:08:28,120
meet David and to meet the
people who were with him.

142
00:08:29,160 –> 00:08:31,800
When David came near to the
people, he greeted them.

143
00:08:32,919 –> 00:08:36,400
Then all the wicked men and
worthless fellows of those who

144
00:08:36,400 –> 00:08:39,919
went with David answered and
said, Because they didn’t go

145
00:08:39,919 –> 00:08:42,960
with us, we will not give them
anything of the plunder that we

146
00:08:42,960 –> 00:08:47,320
have recovered, except to every
man, his wife and his children,

147
00:08:47,520 –> 00:08:49,480
that he may lead them away and
depart.

148
00:08:50,120 –> 00:08:53,600
Then David said, Do not do so,
my brothers, with that which

149
00:08:53,600 –> 00:08:57,800
Yahweh has given to us, who has
preserved us and delivered the

150
00:08:57,800 –> 00:09:02,040
troop that came against us into
our hand, Who will listen to you

151
00:09:02,040 –> 00:09:04,600
in this matter?
For as his share is who goes

152
00:09:04,600 –> 00:09:07,440
down to the battle, so shall his
share be, who stays with the

153
00:09:07,440 –> 00:09:12,400
baggage they shall share alike.
It was so from that day forward

154
00:09:12,640 –> 00:09:15,480
that he made it a statute and an
ordinance for Israel to this

155
00:09:15,480 –> 00:09:18,680
day.
When David came to Ziklag, he

156
00:09:18,680 –> 00:09:21,520
sent some of the plunder to the
elders of Judah, even to his

157
00:09:21,520 –> 00:09:26,200
friends, saying, Behold a
present for you from the plunder

158
00:09:26,200 –> 00:09:29,360
of Yahweh’s enemies.
He sent it to those who were in

159
00:09:29,360 –> 00:09:32,760
Bethel, to those who were in
Ramoth of the South, to those

160
00:09:32,760 –> 00:09:37,000
who were in Jadir, to those who
were in Arawar, to those who

161
00:09:37,000 –> 00:09:40,000
were in Siphmoth.
To those who were in Eshtimoa.

162
00:09:40,280 –> 00:09:43,280
To those who were in Rackle.
To those who were in the cities

163
00:09:43,280 –> 00:09:46,200
of the Jeremi Lights, To those
who were in the cities of the

164
00:09:46,200 –> 00:09:50,360
Kenites, to those who were in
Horma, to those who were in

165
00:09:50,360 –> 00:09:53,880
Borashen, to those who were in
Athach, to those who were in

166
00:09:53,880 –> 00:09:57,680
Hebron, and to all the places
where David himself and his men

167
00:09:57,680 –> 00:10:02,040
used to stay.
Thanks for joining us on Bible

168
00:10:02,040 –> 00:10:04,680
Chat, where Scripture meets
everyday life.

169
00:10:05,280 –> 00:10:08,840
If today’s devotional encouraged
you, share it with a friend and

170
00:10:08,840 –> 00:10:11,640
be sure to follow the podcast so
you won’t miss the next

171
00:10:11,640 –> 00:10:14,560
conversation.
Until next time, stay rooted in

172
00:10:14,560 –> 00:10:17,760
truth, anchored in hope, and
walking daily with Jesus.