Trust the God Who Keeps His Promises

Hey, good morning, morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we are going to be at

1 Chronicles chapter 12. We're going to look at the first 22 verses or so. We're going to talk about

David, how he's building up his army. How does this guy get so much power? Does it happen all at once

or is it over time? Let's have some coffee, we'll pray, and we'll get into God's Word.

Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for this day. We thank you for blessing us with your Word.

We thank you for what a gift it is, a treasure to us, Lord. We know that this type of video isn't

click-baiting. It's not fast-moving. It's not crazy attention-getting. Lord, because we want to hear

from your Word. So, Father, we submit ourselves to your Word. We submit ourselves to your Spirit,

asking you, pleading with you to please teach us. Lord, we pray that we would live and love. In Jesus'

name. Amen. Here we go. 1 Chronicles chapter 12, beginning at verse 1.

Now, these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul,

the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war, armed with bows, using both

the right hand and the left, and hurling stones and shooting arrows with a bow. They were of Benjamin,

Saul's brethren. The chief was Ahiezer, the then-Joash, the son of Shemah, the Gibeahite; Jezeel,

and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Jehu, the Anathothite;

Ishmaiah, the Gibeahite; a mighty man among the thirty and over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jehaziel,

and Jehaziel, and Jehaziel, and Jehaziel, and Jehoshabim, the Korahites; and Jolah and Zebediah,

the sons of Joram of Gedor, the sons of Joram of Gedor.

Some Gaddites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained

for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and

were as swift as gazelles on the mountains. Ezra I, Obadiah II, Eliab III, Mishmana IV,

Jeremiah V, Atai VI, Eliel VII, Johanan VIII, Elisabad VII, Jeremiah X, and Machbanai XI.

These were from the sons of Gadd, captains of the army. The least was over a hundred, and

the greatest was over a thousand. These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first

month, when they had overflowed all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys,

to the east and to the west. Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the

stronghold. And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, "If you have come

peacefully to me to help me, my heart will be united with you. But if you betray me to my enemies, since

there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment."

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the captains, and he said, "We are yours, David.

We are on your side, O son of Jesse. Peace be upon you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you."

So David received them, and made them captains of the troops. And some from Manasseh defected to David,

when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul. But they did not help them,

for the lords of the Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying, "He may defect to his master

Saul and endanger our heads. When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who defected to him were Adna,

Josabad, Jedael, Michael, Josabad, Elihu, and Zelethi, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh.

And they helped David against the bands of the raiders. And they were all mighty men of valor,

and they were captains in the army. For at that time they came to David day by day to help him,

until it was a great army, like the army of God." Well, we need to ask ourselves our ABCs. A,

what's this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize this? And C, what are we called to do?

Or does this show us Christ about the covenant of grace? So what is this about? David is increasing.

David is growing in number. There's people defecting to David, even from the families of

Benjamin, right? These tribes are coming, and they're well-skilled warriors, and they're defecting over,

tribe by tribe, group by group. And it's not just soldiers, it's even captains, it's leaders, they're

recognizing. David's it, man. David's the one. And one of my favorite things about this

is this interaction in verse 16. "Then the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold."

And David's essentially like, "Hey, if you're coming to cheat on me, if you're coming to try to entrap me,

I'm going to be against you. But are you with me, or are you for me?" And the Spirit of the Lord,

that's exactly what I have underlined here in verse 18. "Then the Spirit came upon a Messiah,

chief of the captains, and he said, 'We are yours, O David. We are on your side, O son of Jesse. Peace,

peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.'" That's what I have underlined for

the B best verse in my Bible here. David is building his army. It's like the army of God,

right? Maybe you would underline verse 22. "For at that time they came to David day by day to help him,

until it was a great army, like the army of God, right? Like Saul's army." David was amassing a great

army. Generals and commanders, people over thousands, men of renown. God was building up

David. God was keeping his promises to David. God had had Samuel go and choose David, poor,

anoint him, make him Messiah, the prince, the king, over Israel. And God was making good on that.

God always makes good on his promises. We can always trust him. That's why I'm going to go with sea

calling. I'm calling you to trust in the Lord who always makes good his promises, because we're going

to go just in a few days, and we're going to find ourselves in 2 Samuel chapter 7, and then we're

going to find that God's going to promise something incredible to David, a son who will sit on his

throne forever. That son is Jesus. God always keeps his promises. Trust in him. Let's pray. Father, we

thank you for your faithfulness, your covenant love, your covenant wonderful mercy. Lord, you are such a

great God. And Lord, we pray that as we live our lives in the light of who you are, that you would

encourage our hearts, encourage our lives, that you would show such mercy and kindness to us, that you

would invite us into your kingdom, into your presence, to be your people. Thank you for giving us Jesus,

our great prophet, priest, king, eternally anointed Messiah. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. May God bless

you. May you walk in the joy and peace of Jesus Christ, and I'll see you next time. Bye.