When You Lose Hope

When Israel sent spies to inspect the Promised Land, 10 of them returned with a bad report. They saw that the inhabitants of Canaan were giants, so the people wept loudly all night, saying they would rather have died in Egypt or in the desert. They eventually died without entering the land God had promised them, for they had lost hope. Never let anything steal your hope!

The same thing happened to David's friends when they saw Ziklag destroyed. The enemy had taken their wives, children, and all their riches. They wept all night, for they had lost hope. Unlike them, David had a glimmer of hope and asked to consult the Lord, and God commanded him to go after them for they would recover everything.

If you lose hope, you could die in the desert!