“Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen!” 2 Samuel 1:19

Despite the unjust accusations and constant hatred from Saul, David did not harbor bitterness. Instead, he did everything to remember what could honor the one God had established as king over Israel. He spoke of Saul and his sons as ornaments of Israel, describing Saul as the Lord’s anointed who at one time bore God’s testimony before the world.

David’s attitude is particularly instructive for the current generation: his deep sorrow at the news of the loss of the two men “fallen in the midst of battle” and the affection he expressed towards them continuously teach and demonstrate that Saul was not, in David’s eyes, a direct adversary to the throne, much less a rival to be fought for the royal position promised by God through the prophet Samuel. To David, Saul was a model king and a hero whose shield never wavered in the face of Judah’s enemies.

The church of my generation suffers from a disease I call in this book “the disease of the daughters of Gath,” this illness of making fathers and elders direct enemies, primary adversaries, even rivals to be eliminated for the fulfillment of divine promises. This is a grave error that destroys the new generation. Because of this disease, many rising stars and prodigies have ended their glory, and some have aborted their ascensions before even tasting them.

I have often heard the term “Generation of David” to mean a generation of worshippers and prophetic dancers, but I emphasize that the characteristic of said “Generation of David” should also be the Law of honor and respect for the sacred. David succeeded in reunifying all the tribes of Israel, long divided, and was named king of Israel because he knew how to honor the anointed and his anointing; in short, because he had a sense of the sacred.

Many in this generation have been chosen, truly anointed by Samuel’s horn of oil, but they do not complete the process of their establishment; they fall into the trap of disqualification because they fail the ultimate test of respect for the sacred and honor for their predecessors.

“David said to the young man who brought him the news: ‘Where are you from?’ And he answered, ‘I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.’ David said to him: ‘How is it that you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?’ And David called one of his young men and said, ‘Go, execute him!’ So he struck him down, and he died. And David said to him: ‘Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, “I have killed the Lord’s anointed.”‘” 2 Samuel 1:13-16

The young man who came to tell David of Saul’s death believed he was a bearer of good news. The young man was an Amalekite, a foreigner, presenting himself before David, thinking to please his heart, pushing him to Saul’s throne by giving him the diadems, the royal bracelet he wore on his arm, and Saul’s crown into his hands.

Many act exactly like the Amalekite, thinking they can earn rewards and respect by forging a pious image for themselves before men by bringing or exposing the remains of their fallen brothers and sisters in battle to the public. David asked the Amalekite again: “How were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” (v. 14).

At least twice in the past, Saul found himself at David’s mercy; but David refused to kill the Lord’s anointed, despite the insistence of his companions. Hearing the false testimony of this Amalekite witness, David ordered an immediate judgment against the man who glorified himself in having killed the Lord’s anointed.

Later in the same book, in chapter 4, two brothers, Recab and Baanah, reached the final stage of the disease of the daughters of Gath by killing Ish-Bosheth, a Benjaminite and a potential successor to Saul’s throne, thinking they would receive a position within the royal court from David.

“They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king: ‘Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.’ But David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth: ‘As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity, when one told me, “Behold, Saul is dead,” and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?’” 2 Samuel 4:8-11

It may be that falls among believers are reported to you; is that why you will spread these sad news lightly, to the wind? Alas! Some Christians behave like foreigners to the Kingdom of Zion, playing the “reporter” whose words are like “dainties” to those who listen to them. The outside world, always on the lookout for miseries, seizes such things to cast reproach on the name of Christ. Every true child of God should avoid finding themselves in such situations.

I believe, with the help of the Holy Spirit, I have been given the opportunity to bring a curative and preventive remedy to this urgent situation; for in the New Covenant, it is important that the sense of honor and the sacred be taught and assimilated to be made practical. Jesus Christ could say to his disciples: … teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. Matthew 28:20a. It is imperative that teachings be given in this area.

According to men, being a hero is defined by:

• The exploits accomplished;
• The humanitarian causes defended daily;
• The philanthropic character that drives one to place sufficient money in charitable works; …

For God, the hero is the one who is so according to the perfect and divine purposes already set for him. You do not become a hero because of any achievements you may have made or accomplished; you are rather by God’s call and decision.

“The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: ‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!‘” Judges 6:12

According to God, you do not become a hero; but you are already before your birth; for it is a nature of God in you that manifests according to the uniqueness buried in you, regardless of your origins and affiliations. It depends rather on the grace of God.

The heroes of the Bible did not directly come from a noble lineage or a reputable family in society; God, in His divine art, knows how to decide to expose, before men, unknown and weak people who are called to greatness by Him. And it is important to know that when God calls you to become a hero; it is possible that the truth of your becoming is completely contrary to the present reality.

“Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. He was the son of a prostitute; and Gilead was his father.” Judges 11

The Bible mentions a judge chosen by God to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines and Ammonites; the texts specify that he was the son of a prostitute; see: according to Hebrew culture, he was not worthy of inheriting the goods in his father’s house; yet he was God’s choice.

In the spiritual world, it is possible for men to call you the son of a prostitute while God calls you “mighty warrior.” Remember that the stereotype of men does not affect the nature of the destiny that God wants for you on earth. It is possible to be a Rahab, known to all as the prostitute of Jericho, but called to become a relative of Jesus Christ.

The good news is attached to the fact that God is a specialist in exploits; and you are of the race of heroes who fight an enemy already defeated from eternity by God Himself. That is why the Bible says you are more than a conqueror. In reality, the heroic character is attached to your life because your victories have already been recorded in heaven before even confronting the enemy. “With God, our exploits precede our birth.”

Know that being in Christ does not make exploits a goal but rather a consequence attached to your privileged position in the spiritual realm. Being in Christ is an exploit that attracts a panoply of other exploits; committing to being in Jesus Christ is the antechamber of Exploits…

This text is an excerpt from the book “HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN?” written by Paul Zozo Minu.

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