{"id":11518,"date":"2024-07-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=11518"},"modified":"2016-06-29T23:10:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:10:40","slug":"responsibility-key-success-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/responsibility-key-success-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsibility as a Key to Success! II"},"content":{"rendered":"I welcome every reader on this wonderful day that God has created! May God give us today the spirit of wisdom and revelation of His Word that is alive and active! We are continuing to talk about responsibility being a key to success and authority in this life. Yesterday we discussed the fact that God rewards those who take responsibility for their life and everything God has given them. We saw that irresponsible individuals lose their influence, but responsible ones will be trusted with even more.\r\n\r\nToday let\u2019s look at one episode in the Bible, which illustrates this principle even more clearly:\r\n<h6>\u00abNow when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. Then David said to Saul, \u201cLet no man\u2019s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.\u201d And Saul said to David, \u201eYou are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.\u201d But David said to Saul, \u201eYour servant used to keep his father\u2019s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.\u201d Moreover David said, \u201eThe LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.\u201d And Saul said to David, \u201eGo, and the LORD be with you!\u201d So Saul clothed David with his armour, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armour and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, \u201eI cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.\u201d So David took them off\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 17:31-39).<\/h6>\r\nThis passage tells about the rule of the first king of Israel Saul. Saul as the king and commander of the armies was given a responsibility to lead the nation of Israel in this war against Israel\u2019s enemies. Philistines gathered to war against Israel and among them there was a warier named Goliath. When Saul and his armies heard the words of this giant, they got scared and fled.\r\n<h6>\u00abWhen Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid&#8230; And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 17:11, 24).<\/h6>\r\nSaul\u00a0shirked his responsibility and started to look for someone that could oppose Goliath.\r\n<h6>\u00abSo the men of Israel said, \u201eHave you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father\u2019s house exemption from taxes in Israel\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 17:25).<\/h6>\r\nYoung David heard the words of Goliath just like everyone else; but instead of getting afraid; he was filled with boldness and was ready to challenge Goliath.\r\n<h6>\u00abThen David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, \u201cWhat shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? (&#8230;) And David said, \u201cWhat have I done now? Is there not a cause?\u201d (&#8230;) Now when the words which David were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent fro him. Then David said to Saul, \u201eLet no man\u2019s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 17:26, 29, 31-32).<\/h6>\r\nSaul sent to the front lines a young guy who wasn\u2019t a trained soldier. Saul himself stayed in the safe zone. Saul passed his responsibility to David without considering the consequences.\r\n<h6>\u00abSo Saul clothed David with his armour, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armour and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, \u201eI cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.\u201d So David took them off\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 17:38-39).<\/h6>\r\nBy giving to David his armour, Saul thus passed to David his responsibility as well. And along with it he passed to David his authority. Glory and authority belongs to the responsible. That is why after the battle David received more glory and praise than Saul who was the official king at that time.\r\n<h6>\u00abNow it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. So the women sang as they danced, and said: \u201eSaul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.\u201d Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, \u201eThey have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?\u201d\u00bb\u00a0(1 Samuel, 18:6-8).<\/h6>\r\nSaul wanted the victory to be ascribed to him alone, because he was the King. But the women of Israel ascribed the victory and the glory to the one who really deserved it.\r\n\r\nYou may have the throne, a title and a high position; but if you are irresponsible, you will lose authority and power. There is a reward for everything \u2013 for being responsible and for being irresponsible. Glory and authority belongs to the responsible people; the irresponsible one get disgrace and reproach.\r\n\r\nMay God help you not shirk your responsibility to others! God will not give you more than you can bear. His grace is sufficient to help and to save you in every situation!\r\n\r\nGod bless you!\r\n\r\nWe will continue tomorrow.\r\n\r\nPastor Rufus Ajiboye","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You may have the throne, a title and a high position; but if you are irresponsible, you will lose authority and power. There is a reward for everything \u2013 for being responsible and for being irresponsible. Glory and authority belongs to the responsible people; the irresponsible one get disgrace and reproach.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMay God help you not shirk your responsibility to others! God will not give you more than you can bear. His grace is sufficient to help and to save you in every situation!","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-word"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":12,"label":"Daily Word"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-kelian-pfleger-7367007-1024x819.jpg",1024,819,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pastor Rufus Ajiboye","author_link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/author\/rufus-ajiboye\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Daily Word","slug":"daily-word","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","parent":0,"count":650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":12,"category_count":650,"category_description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","cat_name":"Daily Word","category_nicename":"daily-word","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38651,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11518\/revisions\/38651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}