TOUCH NOT
Memorise: He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea,
he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not
mine anointed, and do my prophet no harm. 1st
Chronicles 16:21-22
Read: 1st Samuel 30:1-8, Bible in one year: 2nd
Chronicles 6:12-7:10, Luke 21:25-22:13
In today’s Bible reading, while David and his men were
away, the Amalekites invaded Ziklag, defeated the city and
set it on fire; after which they took members of their
families – wives, sons and daughters as captives. When they
returned and saw the situation of Ziklag, David and his men
were really distressed, disappointed and discouraged. It was
more so for David because the incident brought so much
disaffection, bad blood and misunderstanding between him
and his men; to the extent that they blamed him for the
incident and spoke of stoning him to death. 1st Samuel 30:6
says:
“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake
of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:
but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.”
There are some lessons we can learn from this. The first
thing we see here is that whenever you arise to fight the
people of God, you lose your defence and you or your
family may suffer for it. David was running from King Saul
and he went to take up refuge with the Philistines, who were
enemies of God (1st Samuel 27:1). When a battle ensued
between Israel and the Philistines, he decided to team up
with them to fight his own people (1st Samuel 29). Thank
God he was sent back home by the Philistines who realised
who he was. By the time he go back home, the covering over
his family was blown, and his loved ones had been taken
captive. Never team up with the enemy against the people
of God! Whatever your justification might be, never fight
anyone who is named after the Name of Christ, irrespective
of how long he or she has been in the faith. You will blow
your cover and endanger innocent lives. Certain things that
should not be heard of are happening to believers today,
because they are busy fighting one another. The second
lesson here is they are busy fighting one another. The
second lesson here is that even when he had not fight
against his people, just because he had pitched his tent with
the enemies of God, his family suffered for it. If you pitch
your tent in Sodom, when the fire comes to destroy Sodom,
it will equally engulf you. Check your life today! Are you
fighting, speaking against or treading upon on any child of
God? You are courting trouble! Have you partnered with
unbelievers to torment, oppress, rob, deny, persecute or
deal with a believer in Christ? Repent today, apologise and
desist from such actions before they boomerang on you or
your family.
KEY POINT
God strictly warms that His bona fide children must not
be touched. Anyone who touches them will definitely
pay dearly for it.
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