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aul’s servant referred to Samuel as today, need to have a “Mizpeh” experience
a “man of God.” He said concern- and pour out water, as it were, and in true
Sing him, “He is an honourable repentance acknowledge our departure
man; all that he saith cometh surely to from the Lord.
pass” (1Sa 9:6). We will see in the various Joab sent a wise woman of Tekoa with a
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circumstances in the life of Samuel that message to king David regarding David’s
this testimony is a true evaluation of this banishment of his son Absalom. She said
unique man of faith. to David, “For we must needs die, and
Samuel exhorted the people of Israel to are as water spilt on the ground, which
return to the Lord with all their hearts, and cannot be gathered up again; neither
to put away the strange gods from among doth God respect any person: yet doth
them. He gathered the people together to he devise means, that his banished be
Mizpeh, to pray unto the Lord for them not expelled from him” (2Sa 14:14). This
(7:3-5). It is interesting to note that the first reference to pouring out water speaks to
mention of the word “Mizpeh” (Mizpah) us of dependence upon the Lord. So, we
is found on that occasion when Jacob and too must learn of our own weakness and
Laban piled a heap of stones and made a total dependence upon Him for every
covenant between them. Jacob called the circumstance.
heap of stones “Mizpah,” meaning “wit- When David was in the cave of Adul-
ness” (Gen 31:48-49). lam, he longed for a drink of the water
The Scriptures record that the people from the well at Bethlehem, and three of
drew water and poured it out before the his mighty men risked their lives for Da-
Lord and fasted and said, “We have sinned vid. They broke through the garrison of
against the Lord” (1Sa 7:6). This is the first the Philistines, drew water from the well
time we read in the Word of God of water and brought it to David. David would not
being poured out. It is significant because, drink it, but poured it out before the Lord
on that occasion, it was a confession of in an act of devotion, thankful for those
departure from the Lord. who risked their lives for him. Should not
If we are honest with ourselves and we, then, for whom the Lord Jesus gave
before the Lord, we would have to confess His life, pour out our lives in devotion
that there have been times of departure in to Him?
our lives as well. We, as the people of God
It is written prophetically in the Psalms
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the concerning the suffering of our Lord Jesus
KJV. on the cross on account of our sin that He
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