HELP IS ON THE WAY
This is a story about the people of God who were in trouble, they are at the bottom and there was no hope, there was no way out and decided that they were going to the enemy. The ammonites were enemies of Israel, and It is unheard of, that any Israelite will go for help to any ammoniate. But Jabesh-giliad went to Nahash, the enemy to ask for help.
"Instead of humbling themselves before God and confessing the sins that had brought them into trouble, they put God altogether aside, and basely offered to become the servants of the Ammonites . . . We see here the sad effect of sin and careless living in lowering men's spirits, sapping courage, and discouraging noble effort. Oh, it is pitiable to see men tamely submitting to a vile master! Yet how often is the sight repeated! How often to men virtually say to the devil, 'Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee'!" (Balike)
But let me give you a warning to everyone who are children of God, you never go to the enemy for help, The devil is a thief, he comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, but Jesus said I am come so you may have life and you may have it in abundance. You never strike a deal with the devil, you never make a deal with the enemy. I do not want to judge them or judge you. When you get down and out you possibly will do anything to feed your family. But what I have to tell you is that there is help on the way and you do not need the devil to help you.
Vs 1-2
Nahash made this demand for many reasons. First, it was to glorify himself by humiliating the men of this city and all of Israel. Half-blinding the men of this city would bring reproach on all Israel by making Israel look weak and unable to prevent such an atrocity. Second, it would make the men of Jabesh Gilead unable to fight effectively in battle. In hand-to-hand combat the man with one eye has less depth perception and is at a disadvantage to a man with two eyes.
We can see in this account a similarity between Satan, our spiritual enemy, and Nahash, the enemy of Israel.
• Satan attacks us but cannot do anything against us without our agreement. He asks for, and requires our surrender
• Satan wants us to serve him and will attempt to intimidate us into giving in to him
• Satan wants to humiliate us and exalt himself over us. Through humiliating one saint, Satan wants to bring reproach on all God's people
• Satan wants to take away our ability to effectively fight against him
• Satan wants to blind us and if he cannot blind us completely, he will blind us partially
• The name Nahash means serpent or snake


“No man care for my soul” was the cry of David.
And there people in that world crying “Is there anybody to help” Here we are in the church in our comfortable pews inside nice brick buildings with tinted windows saying let them come in on the inside. But God say to you, go out into the highways and the hedges and compel them to come in. Can you raise your hands shout amen?
Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul: It was time for Saul to act and God was with him. The Spirit of God came upon Saul but it did not come to entertain him or to thrill him. It came to equip him for service so that he could do something for the LORD.
Verses 4-5
So the messengers came: As the messengers spread out over all Israel, they came to Gibeah, Saul's home city. Upon hearing of the plight of Jabesh Gilead, all the people lifted up their voices and wept. This was exactly the reaction Nahash hoped for.
i. This is always God's pattern. He doesn't want us to seek the Spirit selfishly, but to be empowered and used by Him to touch others.
And here we see when they send massager back to Saul , let me tell you this is the time when Saul was anointed by God, This is the time when the Spirit of the Lord was upon him. Saul routed together 300,000 man to bring deliverance to Jabesh-gilead.
Saul say to the messenger “go back and tell Jebesh- gilad tomorrow is the seven day, they ask for seven days to send messenger to the tribes of Israel for help and nobody wanted to help, until Saul send a message to them and put the fear of God in them and illustrated what he was going to do if they do not drop what they were doing and follow him. Saul send the messenger back to tell Jabesh- giliad ”Tomorrow by the time the sun be hot you shall have help. I want to tell you today Help is on the way I don’t care what your problem is, I don’t care how low you are I don’t care who gave up on you , I come to tell you I see a rail of victory shall be your, this is a day for a miracle. Don’t give up, hang in there, hold on, you playing right in the hand of the devil, your day of victory has come. God has a remedy God has an answer to your problems, you here today under direct order of the Holy Ghost and we have an answer for you , and that answer is Jesus Christ, he has a miracle in his hand all you need to do is reach out and take hold of it. HELP IS ON THE WAY.
Knowing we have a savior should make us glad. Tell someone next to you Help is on the way. Tell him I am glad I have a Savior.