David and his army had been hiding in the cave of Adullam. He was fleeing an enemy, Saul. Many of life’s down-and-out had come and joined David’s army. David was content to stay in the stronghold of safety. Then, God’s prophet came to David and told him that he must leave the stronghold and go into the land of Judah.
“Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah” – 1 Samuel 22:5
When life beats down on you and you get to the place where you want to hide in a cave, and give up, God often places people around us who provoke us into moving in the right direction.
God does not want us to remain in the place of discouragement. He wants us to move into the land of “Praise.” Judah means “Praise.” Regardless of the situation, you may be facing now, in your business. You can’t retreat into-the-cave and stay stuck! You must keep moving! There are too many who are depending on you in the Kingdom. God is preparing each of us to be the vessel He wants to use in the life of another person, but we will never be that vessel if we give up and hide in our cave of discouragement.
There are too many who are depending on you in the Kingdom. God is preparing each of us to be the vessel He wants to use in the life of another person, but we will never be that vessel if we give up and hide in our cave of discouragement.
Not only must we keep moving, we must move into a new realm, a higher place! Our attitude must move from discouragement to praise!
It is when we move past discouragement to praise that we begin living above our problems.
Make a decision today to go into the land of Judah!
