Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 17 August 2025 By Dr. D.K Olukoya — Operation Ziklag (1)
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TOPIC: Operation Ziklag (1) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Devotional 17 August 2025)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 12:27-13:31; 1 Corinthians 11:1-16; Psalm 35:1-16; Proverbs 21:17-18
FIRE SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 30:8-19 (KJV)
8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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.
MEMORY VERSE: “For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” – Hebrews 13:5c (KJV)
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES:
The violent taketh it by force… The only language the enemy understands is violence.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP:
Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY:
Total recovery shall be your portion in this season in the name of Jesus.
MFM Devotional For Today 2025 MESSAGE:
Tragedy sometimes occurs in life, and when they do, many of us spend days, months and even years asking questions like: “God, why me?” A lot of people feel angry and bitter that if God can protect them, why didn’t He? In the midst of all life’s squabbles, many simply forget the Bible scripture that says, ‘All things work together for good to those who love God’. (Romans 8:28). What many people do not realise is that their lives are not in the hands of the devil but in the hands of the Almighty God. Even in the midst of troubles, trials, tribulations and temptations, there is a way out.
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So, the question is not why didn’t God protect us. The critical question is whether we will stand up, and encourage ourselves in the Lord, not accepting the loss or anything less in our relationship with Him. If we do this, if we stand up, we will recover. We will recover everything. That was what happened with David and his men. God has not changed. Before Ziklag was invaded, He is the same. After Ziklag, He is still the same.
David and his men turned the situation around the moment they decided not to accept a defeated Ziklag. The enemy had stolen their hopes, dreams and enthusiasm, but with a heart filled with faith and rekindled hope and courage, the leader David, encouraged himself in the Lord. At that moment the enemy lost the battle. For at the moment they stopped crying; sought for God’s help. They pursued, overtook and recovered EVERYTHING!
The great lesson in the Ziklag experience is that we can overcome challenges and turn unpleasant events around with the help of God and through the following: (1) faith in God’s sovereignty (2) Courage in the face of diversity (3) God’s guidance and direction (4) God’s faithfulness (5) Perseverance. Beloved, trust God in difficult times call upon him. He will redeem and restore your losses, in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
- I will pursue, overtake and recover all my stolen virtues from the camp of the enemy, in the name of Jesus.
- O God arise, and fight the battles of my life, in the name of Jesus.
- All glory seekers of my father’s house, be confounded and run mad, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
- Every Goliath boasting against my rising, receive the stone of fire, in the name of Jesus.
- All my blessings, confiscated by witchcraft spirit, be released, in the name of Jesus.
- All my blessings, stolen by occult relatives, be withdrawn from evil strong-room, in the name of Jesus.
- You my glory, what are you doing in the cauldron of witches, arise and begin to shine, in the name of Jesus.
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
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