Words cant express the groaning of my heart. It seems there is none that understands, none that truly want to help. Some will see this as a complaint, some will see this as whining, but they would be,have been, so wrong.
I know what The Lord has put in me. I know that part of the right team, in the right atmosphere, we will be able to do amazing things and the joy in me will be as un-expressible by words as the groaning is now.
Sometimes people do not understand the pain they inflict when they ignore an email, disregard a text. Maybe they feel as if they are excused from the basic elements of covenant relationship. So tied up by protocol and the rules they put in place they don't even consider the personal lives and families that their man made , not spirit led, decisions have impacted.
So, for all who have felt this way. For all those in debt, for all those in mourning, for all those cast to the side.......
1
Samuel 22:1-2 (NLT)
David at the Cave of Adullam
22 So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his
brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
2 Then
others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were
just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.
THE LORD SAYS: WELCOME TO THE CAVE OF ADULLAM!!!
I believe The LORD is making places for Ministers of THE LORD, who have been called by God, but discounted by man.
I believe He is making place to EMPLOY and DEPLOY them into place HE NEEDS them. Fret not my brothers. My God is about to make you one of HIS MIGHTY MEN!! Let the comfortable rest protected in their palaces and stay safe behind their protocols and walls.
You know you are called. You have known since you were young, but no door has opened , no place has been found for you to rest your head. Fret not, You King Is Calling!
I do not know how. I do not know when. I do not know the way He will open. But, He shall open the way!
1 Chronicles 11:10-37 New Living Translation (NLT)
David’s Mightiest Warriors
10 These
are the leaders of David’s mighty warriors. Together with all
Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the Lord had
promised concerning Israel.
11 Here
is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was
Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest
warriors among David’s men. He
once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
12 Next
in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a
descendant of Ahoah. 13 He
was with David when the Philistines gathered for battle at Pas-dammim
and attacked the Israelites in a field full of barley. The Israelite
army fled, 14 but
Eleazar and David held
their ground in the middle of the field and beat back the
Philistines. So the Lord saved them by giving them a great
victory.
15 Once
when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine
army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among
the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down
to meet him there. 16 David
was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine
detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.
17 David
remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that
good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.” 18 So
the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from
the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But
David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering
to the Lord. 19 “God
forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as
precious as the blood of these men who
risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it.
These are examples of the exploits of the Three.
David’s Thirty Mighty Men
20 Abishai,
the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty. He
once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It
was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three. 21 Abishai
was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he
was not one of the Three.
22 There
was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He
did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of
Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit
and killed it. 23 Once,
armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7 1⁄2
feet tall
and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah
wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with
it. 24 Deeds
like these made Benaiah as famous as the three mightiest
warriors. 25 He
was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was
not one of the Three. And David made him captain of his bodyguard.
27 Shammah
from Harod;
Helez from Pelon;
Helez from Pelon;
28 Ira
son of Ikkesh from Tekoa;
Abiezer from Anathoth;
Abiezer from Anathoth;
29 Sibbecai
from Hushah;
Zalmon from Ahoah;
Zalmon from Ahoah;
30 Maharai
from Netophah;
Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;
Heled son of Baanah from Netophah;
31 Ithai
son of Ribai from Gibeah (in the land of Benjamin);
Benaiah from Pirathon;
Benaiah from Pirathon;
32 Hurai
from near Nahale-gaash;
Abi-albon from Arabah;
Abi-albon from Arabah;
33 Azmaveth
from Bahurim;
Eliahba from Shaalbon;
Eliahba from Shaalbon;
34 the
sons of Jashen from
Gizon;
Jonathan son of Shagee from Harar;
Jonathan son of Shagee from Harar;
35 Ahiam
son of Sharar from
Harar;
Eliphal son of Ur;
Eliphal son of Ur;
36Hepher
from Mekerah;
Ahijah from Pelon;
Ahijah from Pelon;
37 Hezro
from Carmel;
Paarai son of Ezbai;
Paarai son of Ezbai;
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