Bible Studies

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1 Samuel 30:24 NIV …The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to battle. All will share alike.

David was humble. The Bible says that he was a man after God's own heart. "After God's own heart," simply means that he walked in the Spirit. David understood that he had two natures. He understood that God gave him a new nature, a new Spiritual heart, and that he still had a flesh to deal with. David chose, just like we must, to walk in that new nature by abiding in Christ (and Christ is the Word). When we choose to focus on Christ instead of on ourselves, we too will walk in our new Spiritual nature and we will be humble just like David was.

David's humility led him to believe that no one was above another; he understood equality in Christ. The men that David went to battle with were not so sure, however. They wanted to receive more of a share because of their efforts. These men were referred to as "evil" and "troublemakers" in God's Word. Our flesh loves to stir up trouble! Our flesh loves to feel superior and deserving; conversely, our Spiritual nature is humble and recognizes that apart from Christ we have nothing of Spiritual value.

David quickly corrected the men. He reminded them that God alone enabled them to secure the victory and walk away safely with the plunder.

1 Corinthians 4:7 MKJV For who makes you to differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

We, too, must understand this truth. There is nothing Spiritual that we posses by our own efforts - everything Spiritual in our lives is the result of receiving from Christ.

Too many times we are like these men - we believe that our efforts bring about the victories and "plunder" in our lives. When we believe this lie, we must quickly be corrected also. We must know that apart from Christ we can do nothing of Spiritual value. We must realize that our efforts will be futile; we cannot produce Spiritual fruit on our own. When we understand this, we will never feel superior or deserving; instead, we will want others to experience the freedom and joy we have in knowing that Christ is our everything.

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