TUE, 28TH APR, 2026 - 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋
TUE, 28TH APR, 2026

𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ:
𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐃: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓

𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:
1 Chronicles 14; 1 Chronicles 15; 1 Chronicles 16; Matthew 25; Matthew 26

𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:
1 Samuel 24:1-22
1 Now it happened, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, “Take note! David is in the Wilderness of En Gedi.” 

2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the Rocks of the Wild Goats. 

3 So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to attend to his needs. (David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.) 

4 Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. 

5 Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe. 

6 And he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.” 

7 So David restrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way. 

8 David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down. 

9 And David said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’? 

10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s anointed.’ 

11 Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it. 

12 Let the LORD judge between you and me, and let the LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. 

13 As the proverb of the ancients says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against you. 

14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? 

15 Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.” 

16 So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. 

17 Then he said to David: “You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil. 

18 And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. 

19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done to me this day. 

20 And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. 

21 Therefore swear now to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s house.” 

22 So David swore to Saul. And Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:
1 Samuel 26:11a
The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊:
When you find a loyal person, do everything to hold on to them because loyalty is rare!

ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐:
𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨.

ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ

Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

MFM Daily Devotional Message Tuesday, 28th April, 2026.
David, immediately after he was anointed, received his first assignment in the palace - to play the harp to make Saul feel better. Afterwards, Saul appointed him as captain over a thousand men. Scripture records that David behaved himself wisely (1 Samuel 18:5, 14-15).

Saul began to harbour animosity towards David after he killed Goliath because Saul thought David was out to take over his kingdom. As a result, he began to actively find ways of killing David. Saul tried at least twice to pin David to the wall with the javelin in his hand but David escaped. David informed Jonathan, Saul's son, of his father's plans and his need to escape. He eventually ran away from the palace to save his life.

David went into the wilderness and became captain over a band of worthless men. They roamed the bushes because they could not enter the city for fear of Saul. One would have expected David to kill Saul who had made him a fugitive in his land. But that wasn't the case. Twice, in 1 Samuel 24 and 1 Samuel 26, David, out of loyalty, refused to kill Saul or allow his men to. He looked beyond the man's failings and still honoured the oil on his head. Even after Saul and his sons were killed in battle, David did not gloat, he genuinely mourned his master (2 Samuel 1:17-27).

Beloved, I encourage you to learn from David. First, you need to be unshakably loyal to God, then, to His people. It is possible for your pastor or your leader to offend you despite his anointing but please, allow God to be the judge and the Righteous Judge would not fail you. Do not join the group of people who speak ill of or attack men of God. Allow God to be the judge over His church. May the Lord grant you understanding, in Jesus' name.

MFM Daily Prayer Points 28th April, 2026
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
1. O Lord, make me Your loyal servant, in the name of Jesus.

2. O Lord, help me to be loyal to those whom You have placed over me, in the name of Jesus.

3. O Lord, give me the spirit of wisdom and discernment, in the name of Jesus.

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆

4. O Lord, teach me how to honour Your anointed ones, in the name of Jesus.

5. I refuse to join the company of foolish people who attack God's people, in the name of Jesus.

6. My Father, grant me justice in every area I have been wronged, in the name of Jesus.

7. O Lord, send me loyal men, in the name of Jesus.

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