then nash the ammonites came up and encamped against jabash gilead and all the men of jabash said unto nash make a covenant with us and we will serve thee and nash the ammonite answered them on this condition i will make a covenant with you that i may thrust out all your right eyes and lay for reproach upon all of israel nash was a very proud and haughty man what he was saying here in these first two verses is that the only way i will accept your surrender is if you allow me to pluck out the
right eyes of all the men of jabash gilead this was one of the most disrespectful ill-mannered and sinister terms of surrender the purpose of these terms of surrender of thrusting out the right eyes of all the men is to destroy their usefulness as soldiers and the men of jabash gilead would never be able to rise against nash the ammonite and also that everywhere these men went they would be recognized as the men of jabash gilead the men who were conquered by national ammonites the men of jabash gilead said give us seven days to consult the
others throughout all the coasts of israel so that we can see if anyone will come to our rescue nash was a very proud and haughty man and in his pride he said go ahead go ahead take seven days and off they went the messengers of jabash spread across all of israel in search of help then came the messengers to giber where the newly appointed king saul was out in the field plowing and working in the field so while saul was busy in the fields the people of seoul's land gabriel were told the tidings by the
messengers of jabash and mass hysteria erupted and then saul came out of the field and he saw all of his people weeping and crying and he asked them what in the world is going on why is everyone weeping what is the problem and they told him the tidings of the men of jabash that nash has encamped around jabash and the only thing that will stop him from attacking is if he can thrust out all the right eyes of all of the men of jabash gilead now this next verse is what i want you to focus
on this is the verse now this is the verse the bible says when saul heard those tidings he got angry but something actually happened before he got angry first samuel 11 6 and the spirit of god came upon saul when he heard those tidings and his anger was kindled greatly wait a minute wait a minute you're telling me the spirit of god came upon saul and he got what he got angry i was so shocked when i saw this verse because so often when the spirit of the lord comes upon someone we think that person
should get all happy and all joyful and all filled with love but has the holy spirit ever caused you to get angry there are some situations in your life where the holy spirit should come upon you and cause you to get angry nash is the perfect example of the devil you don't bargain with the devil as a believer he will never agree to your terms many of us have accepted our fates we sit there hopelessly and helplessly at the mercy of the devil allowing him to dictate situations in our life allowing him to dictate situations
in our home allowing him to dictate our finances allowing him to dictate our health allowing him to sit on his demonic throne telling you telling you you're just another cupcake christian telling you you're just another fair weather believer telling you you're just another marshmallow jelly back spineless christian and there is no hope for you but the devil is a liar you ought to get angry at how the devil is stopping your breakthrough you ought to get angry at how the devil is after your finances you ought to get angry at how the devil is after
your life you ought to get angry at how the devil is after your home we ought to get angry and draw the line and say as for me and my house we shall serve the lord you ought to get angry at how the devil is stopping your breakthrough what happened to daniel where the devil was blocking the answers to his prayers could be happening to you and you're just sitting there passively sitting there there are certain things god will never do for you until you are ready to fight back god will only give to you
what you are willing to fight for you've got to fight you've got to fight when it's raining you've got to fight when the sun is shining you've got to keep going no matter the circumstances you might be in no matter what life throws at you you have to keep going you have to keep fighting god gave the children of israel jericho through a miracle but everything after that they had to fight tooth and nail for joshua had to fight kingdom after kingdom after kingdom god would only give to you what you are willing to fight
for if you want that dream fight for it outwork everyone else if you want your marriage to succeed fight for it if you want to earn more money fight for it if you want a brighter future for your family fight for it if you want your health back fight for it and don't give up this is the year this is the year you stop allowing the devil to dictate your life and take the sword of the spirit which is in the word of god and fight back and fight back stop allowing the devil to put
chains on you because the bible said who the son sets free is free indeed stop allowing the devil to destroy your health because the bible said by his stripes you are healed stop allowing the devil to destroy your finances the bible says my god shall supply all of your needs according to his riches and glory in christ jesus stop allowing the devil to tell you that your life is over that you're too old there is no hope for you the bible told you i will restore to you the years that the locusts have eaten up
the devil wants to shoot furry darts at you he wants you to doubt god he wants you to believe that god doesn't love you that god doesn't care that god won't bring you through this situation he wants you to doubt god he wants to make you believe that he can't fix this situation he cannot turn things around for you he wants to speak all these lies and get you to doubt god so you give up don't listen to him keep fighting keep fighting children of god are not built to be cowards revelations 21 verse 8
but the cowardly the unbelieving the vile the murderous the sexually immoral those who practice magic art the idolatries and all liars they will be co-signed to the fiery lake of burning sofa the first on that list is the cowardly not the idolatrous not the immoral not even the murderers but the cowardly are the first on that list you are not built to be a coward there are some things that you see in your life that are supposed to get you angry stop living in that situation as if it's normal there are some things that you
should look at in your life that you should be like no this should not be for me and you need to be courageous and take a stand put your eyes on jesus who is the author and the finisher of our faith never never never give up in the book of exodus you are instructed to be strong and courageous be strong and courageous do not be afraid do not fear for the lord your god he is the one that goes with you he will not leave you nor forsake you with trouble all around you be strong
and courageous be strong and courageous while you are going through pain be strong and courageous be strong and courageous when life gets too much to handle when life gets too much to bear be strong and courageous be strong and courageous hold on to the hand of god because he promised you he will never leave you in times of trouble he'll be there in good times he'll be there when your heart is broken he will be there when the world forgets you he will be there god has put fight inside you god has put courage inside
you god has put strength inside you yes life has knocked you down yes you have been pushed against the wall but as a child of god it is your duty it is your mandate to keep fighting get rid of any cowardly emotion just like soul there is some news that you hear that is supposed to arouse anger in you there are some experiences that should push you to a place of prayer don't just accept everything that comes your way are you afraid the bible the bible did not give you the spirit of fear the bible
says that we have not been given the spirit of faith you have not been called to fear the devil you don't negotiate with the devil second timothy 1 7 for god has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind i am calling you today i am calling all of you today to rise and fight and let the holy spirit come upon you and cause you to get angry and make a commitment that i will fight for my future i will fight for my family i will
fight for myself and most importantly i will fight for the lord and say no to oppression and say no to poverty and say no to sickness and say no to failure and say no to defeat and get angry and tell the devil i am not going to take it anymore does your holy spirit ever cause you to get angry so what happens when the holy spirit causes you to get angry the bible said this is how the story ended so saul took a yoke of oxen and chopped them in pieces and sent them throughout all
the coast of israel by the hands of his messengers saying if you don't come and fight with me against nash the ammonite this is what will happen to every one of your oxen look what happened 300 000 bato ready israeli soldiers arrived and thirty thousand battle ready men of judah arrived and they sent message and they sent a message to the men of jabash gillard tomorrow by the time the sun be hot ye shall have help they went on to win the battle simply because one man got angry god has not built you to be
a coward
