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DO YOU LOVE LIFE-2

Text : 1 Peter 3:10-11
 
"He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.


To love life and see good days you must turn from evil and do good. It is not enough to turn away from evil, you must also do good.

You must be doing the two concurrently, that is, departing from evil, and doing good. 

One fateful day, David and his men had just returned from the land of the Philistines, all to find that the enemy had invaded Ziklag (his base) and burned it with fire. They took captive the women and those who were there, from small to great; they did not kill anyone, but carried them away and went their way. (1 Samuel 30:1).

David inquired of the Lord if he should pursue, overtake and recover all that the enemy had carried away. The Lord answered him: ""Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all."

While David and his men embarked on their pursuit of the enemy, they found a sick  Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water.

Note that David and his men could have ignored the Egyptian or even kill him the moment they realized he is from the camp of the enemy. However David has learnt how to depart from evil and do good, this wounded soldier was able to lead them to the camp of the enemy.

This is an important lesson for you. Though you may be going through difficult situations. This is not an excuse for neglecting the needs of other people around you. It is also not a reason to pay evil for evil.

David and his men refrained themselves from killing this Egyptian, rather, they did good to him, the result of their gesture was that they overtook the enemy and they recovered all that the enemy had taken from them.

As you make a decision to depart from evil and do good from now on, you will live to see good days.

*BIBLE READING* : 

1 Samuel 30:1-18.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father Lord, please, help me to turn away from evil and to do good all the time in Jesus name.

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