"And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim" (2 Sam. 5:20).
My friend recently shared with me that while watching a program on the history channel on the life of David, he learned that one of the keys to David's success was his great military strategies. Although David fought many great battles, the key to his success was not his strategy but in his dependence upon God. It was said repeatedly of David that he "inquired of the Lord." In other words, he sought God's will and help in prayer and as a result he experienced break through power. "The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray" (Samuel Chadwick). In our walk and work for the Lord all of our best efforts, ideas and creativity will be of no eternal value if they are not birth in prayer. Pray until God breaks through.
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