Sharing

Do you feel like you deserve more or all that God has blessed you with?
 Let me share a war story from the Bible of some people who also felt the same way.
1 Samuel 30:16-20 tells us a war story of David and how he was victorious over the Amalekites. The Bible tells us that the battle lasted from twilight the first day until the evening of the next day. That is a long time to fight! That means there is a possibility of that battle lasting for about 36 hours. But, David was victorious and The Lord was faithful in guiding David because David inquired about whether or not he should pursue them. In 30:8 The Lord said, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all." The recovering that The Lord was talking about was the "spoil" that the Amalekites took from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
 David had six hundred men with him, but two hundred were too tired to cross the river Brook Besor (30:10). David left them there with the supplies which would actually benefit him to pursue the Amalekites because he had less weight to carry. So, it wasn't a total loss that those two hundred men stayed behind.
 The Bible 30:18 tells us that "David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away." He first inquired of The Lord of whether he should pursue and as noted The Lord said yes. Verse 18 also means that David wasn't just going after the Amalekites just to war against them and take their possessions. On the contrary he was fighting them to recover what the Amalekites had taken.
 They were in fact victorious and they recovered everything. They also took spoil, their gains or wages from the war, such as the livestock. But, 30:22 says, "Then all of the wicked and worthless men of those who went with David answered and said 'because they did not go with us we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered." These men were strong, brave, and went with David into battle! But, the Bible says they were wicked and worthless because they were being greedy.
 30:23 David says, "My brethren, you shall not do so with what The Lord has given us." David further explains that those who stayed behind with the supplies had just as important job as those who went into battle him. As noted earlier, it was beneficial for David anyhow because there was less weight and also too many men on the battlefield could have created even more chaos and "clutter".
 -As a soldier of more modern wars I can tell you that we take care of our supply personnel. They have the arduous task of making sure that we "grunts" have everything we need to keep on fighting.
 Not only did David feel that those who stayed with the supplies deserved their portion in the spoil, but he also gave some of his spoil to the elders of Judah, to those in Bethel, in Ramoth, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Rachal, Jerahmeelites, Kenites, Hormah, Chorashan, Athach, Hebron, and to all the places that David and his men were accustomed to rome (30:26-31). David knew the value in sharing what the Lord blessed him with.
 Maybe you have been blessed with something that you feel that The Lord has given it to you and not anyone else. The Lord blesses us so that we can share with others and as you can see from David's experience the more the better!