MFM Devotional 18 August 2025 – Operation Ziklag (2)

August 18, 2025 OLAOLUWA AYOMIDE

Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional

TOPIC: Operation Ziklag (2)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Esther 1:1-3:15; 1 Corinthians 11:17:34; Psalm 35:17-28; Proverbs 21:19-20

FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 30:17-20 (KJV)

17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.

18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

MEMORY VERSE: “…for by strength shall no man prevail.” – 1 Samuel 2:9b (KJV)

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
The only language the enemy understands is violence.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Devotional For Today 2025 MESSAGE:

There are two lessons to be learnt in the Ziklag debacle. The first is the providence of God. The providence of God is His “unseen” hand in all the events of life, assuring and achieving His purposes and promises through our actions.

In the providence of God, the Amalekite raiders had attacked Ziklag. They not only plundered Ziklag, but also a number of other Philistine and Israelite cities. But with the help of God, David and his men not only obtained their own goods back, but also the goods of many others.

This is only possible when you invite God into your affairs. The Bible records that David shared this spoil with a number of Israelite Princes and towns, thus ingratiating them to himself. The Ziklag ‘loss’ thus became instrumental in causing David to return very quickly to the land of Judah, where he was eventually made the King of Judah.

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This goes to show that all things do truly work together for good, to those who love God, and to those who are the called according to His purpose. He sees it all and knows where and when our strength can no longer carry on.

The second lesson is the principle of Grace. This is a most important principle that forces us to renew our stand as members of the body of Christ. The victory David and his men won over the Amalekites was really God’s victory. Men played a part in it, but in the final analysis, it was God’s victory.

Beloved, whatever situation you are going through today, God knows. If you will only encourage yourself in Him, He will turn the situation around and glorify Himself.

If only you will trust completely in His strength, He will give you the grace to pursue, to overtake and to recover all. You will have the neck of your enemies, and you will divide their spoils, in the name of Jesus.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:

Total recovery shall be your portion in this season in the name of Jesus.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

⁠I pursue, I overtake, and I recover all my stolen blessings, in the name of Jesus.
Anything hindering me from greatness, give way now, in the name of Jesus.
Total recovery will be my portion from now on, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

⁠I will not die a premature death, in the name of Jesus.
⁠I refuse to be a candidate of the tail, in the name of Jesus.
O Lord my Father, arise in my situation today and give me a turnaround miracle, in the name of Jesus.
Spirit of the living God, establish me in righteousness, in Jesus’ name.