You shall not do so with that the Lord has given us

“Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.” – 1 Samuel 30v23

David, like so many of us, had a roller coaster faith walk. Sometimes he could trust God totally and other times he ended up relying on the flesh and what he could see.

When he asked God about the Amalekites a second time God told his to go ahead and fight them and he would give the victory. God delivered the Amalekites into the hand of the army. They had a great victory and retuned with the spoils.

His men we called worthless men, and they did not want to share to spoils with the men who had not gone to fight. They wanted to keep it all to themselves. David however recognized the true sourced of the victory. It was not their efforts that provided the victory, but the Lord had given it to them. Therefore all that they won was from Him and they had not right to claim it as their.

Thus it should be with all that we have. Everything we have is from the Lord. It is not own. We should not lay claim to what we have but be willing to share it recognized God as our source.