FIVE STEPS to TOTAL RECOVERY
BENNY
HINN
Do you need total
recovery in your life?
Who doesn’t?
All of us have lost
things—opportunities, money, relationships, family members who have walked away
from God. As David learned, God brings recovery through five keys. None of
these keys is difficult to do, but most people simply don’t do them. And they
can make all the difference in the world.
David discovered this
truth, and you can, too!
David understood the
supernatural principle of total recovery. In fact, the passage in 1 Samuel 30 is a story of miraculous recovery and restoration.
As a young man, David
knew both victories and struggles. He grew up as one of the eight sons of Jesse
of Bethlehem. When God withdrew His favor from Saul, King of Israel, the prophet
Samuel was sent by the Lord to seek a new king for His people. He went to
Jesse’s house, took the horn of oil, and anointed David (1 Samuel 16:12-13).
King Saul’s days as
leader of the nation were numbered. By contrast, young David went from victory
to victory. Armed with only a slingshot and five stones in the Valley of Elah,
David stepped forward in faith, felling Goliath with a single stone.
Afterward, his
victories made King Saul so jealous that he sought the young man’s death.
Saul’s own son Jonathan warned David to leave Bethlehem, and the future king
fled to the wilderness, escaping to the cave of Adullam.
1 Samuel 22 describes how David’s band of followers were
all in distress, debt, and discontent. They wept and cried until they had no
more tears. David’s two wives had been taken captive. He was surrounded by
trouble. It got so bad that his group even talked of stoning him.
But in 1 Samuel 30, we read an amazing story of restoration, joy, and abundance.
The account of this band of soldiers must surely be one of the most amazing
transformations of any group in history.
Five Steps to Total
Recovery
What happened between
the accounts recorded in chapter 20 and chapter 30 that made such a difference?
What made the
difference in David’s life can also be your story. What is gone and destroyed can be totally
restored!
Briefly, here are the
five proven steps:
1.
Encourage yourself in the Lord.
We are told:
“But David encouraged
himself in the LORD his God” (1 Samuel 30:6).
Praise is tough when
things are going wrong and when you are asking, “Dear Lord, what am I going to
do?” Praise brings God
into your situation, no matter how bad it seems:
“Thou art holy, O thou
that inhabitest the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3).
You may feel like
doing anything but praising, but the second you start lifting your praises to
God, He walks into the midst of your mess. He dwells in the praises of His
people! Praise not only brings God into your situation, but it also gives you
access into His presence (Psa. 100:4)
Isaiah 61:3 says that praise is a God-given garment that
covers your life. It covers your life of pain, hurt, confusion, worry, and
stress and can bring you deliverance, protection, and preservation.
Praise is the believer’s
weapon, releasing God to do battle for you.
2.
Find someone you trust to agree in prayer with you.
That is David’s story,
not just in 1 Samuel 30, but throughout his life.
Agreement is a spiritual principle:
“Again I say unto you,
That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 18:19).
Agreement delivers
God’s people from temptation (Matthew
26:21). It enables right
decisions (Acts 1:14), releases the power of God (Acts 2:1-2), brings the miraculous (Acts 3:1-7),
unleashes no lack (Acts 4:31-33), breaks away the shackles (Acts 12:5-11), brings deliverance (Acts 16:25-26),
gives boldness (Ephesians 6:18-20), opens doors (Colossians 4:2-3), and gives the Word of God free access (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2).
3.
Act and move in faith, knowing that God responds only to faith.
We read:
“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” (1 Samuel 30:8).
When you act, God
acts. David didn’t sit around fuming and screaming. He didn’t even sit around
confessing to the Lord. He released his faith by acting on what he was told to
do.
God will not force you
to step out in faith. The Bible even tells us that Jesus did not do great works
in Nazareth because of the people’s unbelief.
Lack of faith stops
the Lord’s powers from flowing. Once we know what to do, we must do it through acting and moving in
faith!
4.
Take your God-given authority. Attack the enemy!
We are told:
“David smote them from
the twilight even unto the evening of the next day” (1 Samuel 30:17).
Take your authority by
commanding things to happen. Penetrate the camp.
The passage in 1
Samuel 30 tells us that David and his followers not only attacked, but
they kept fighting until the enemy was subdued and all was recovered (verse 19).
5.
Seal your recovery through giving.
After all was taken
back, we are told:
“When David came to
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends,
saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD” (1
Samuel 30:28).
Giving was David’s declaration of total recovery. It is a
supernatural law that must be activated to bring continued blessings from God.
There is no other way
to see outpouring after outpouring. When Israel was delivered from Egypt, they
gave an offering to go toward building the Tabernacle. It sealed their
recovery. That’s why David planted seed—he knew it would protect his future.
As I write these words
to you, it is my prayer that your faith will be lifted to the heavens as you
discover that your way of deliverance from distress, debt, and discontent is
through these same five steps.