Don’t go to battle and get caught up in problems

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DON’T GO TO BATTLE GET CAUGHT UP IN PROBLEMS

In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah, attacking and destroying it. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 20:1 NLT)

When kings don’t go to battle, they get caught up in problems. When leaders don’t do their job, they wind up in problems.

Leaders are generally active. Their job is to act, achieve goals, take their family to success, raise up a growing business, develop a fruitful ministry, activate teams, etc.

Leaders are called to conquer battles and not passively stay seated under a palm tree, drinking out of a coconut, while their family is going through a spiritual or financial battle.

Battles and problems in life are continuous, they never end. We overcome a challenge and it seems as though we begin a new one right after. We cannot stay passive.

In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, … However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 20:1 NLT)

In this verse, we see how King David didn’t go out to fight and the story tells us the cost of this decision, because he fell into temptation when he was inactive and made a big mistake in his life that caused much pain to him, his family, and the whole nation. (See 2 Sam. 11:1 and on).

Someone once said that an unoccupied mind is a workshop for Satan. I don’t know where this saying came from or how correct it is, but what we do see in this story is that an unoccupied leader can fall into the enemy’s traps and lose everything that had been achieved.

Where should you be right now? What battle should you be fighting today? Don’t stay home. Go out and go to school, work, go to church this Sunday, raise up your business, go and restore your family.

When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. (Ecclesiastes 5:4 NLT)

Leaders fulfill their purpose. Leaders go to battle. Kings do not stay home when there is war.

In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah, attacking and destroying it. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 20:1 NLT)

Think about it:

Where should you be right now?
What battle should you be fighting today?
What job has God entrusted you with, what has he asked you to do?