"David Left HIs Carriage...And Ran Into the Army"

"And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army...." (1 Samuel 17:22, KJV)

I have been reviewing Ken Burns' epic work, "The Civil War."  After Grant's victorious, yet costly battle at Shiloh, his superior, jealous of Grant's achievements, relieved him of command.  Grant decided to quit.  His friend, William Tecumseh Sherman, "talked him out of it."  Sherman told him, "You could not be quiet at home for a week when armies are moving."
There is something of this nature in the disciple of Jesus.  "When armies are moving" anywhere, he cannot "be quiet at home for a week."

Our text reveals the heart of a warrior.  While others were running from the battle, David, "ran into the army."  You cannot keep a warrior out of a fight.  Yet David's motive was not a fight.  Frankly, that's all some religious folk want.  Rather, David told his brothers who accused him of impure motives, "Is there not a cause?"  And it was, "the cause," the purposes of His King Jesus which motivated and drove David.

My dear Follower of Jesus Christ, the battle is raging in the earth, and, there is a battle very near you.  I pray for this reality to be in you and me today----------- "You could not be quiet at home for a week when armies are moving."

Father, in Jesus' Name, deliver me from desiring quietness.  Amen.

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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

"Looking unto Jesus"

Hebrews 12:2