Encourage Yourself

There is a great story in 1 Samuel 30, it records that David and his men where coming back from battle and found their own camp plundered and all their wives and kids captured. Verse 6 says that David wept until he had no more power to weep, all his men blamed him and talked of stoning him. This was not a good situation at all, what will David do. The Bible says, "David encouraged himself in the Lord". The nlt says "But David found strength in the Lord his God". Its great to have people that encourage us, it is so important but there is a responibility to encourage ourselves, how do we do that you ask? Look at the difference between Davids men and him, they wanted a scapegoat, someone to blame. As long as its someone elses fault they where ok, David on the other hand began to look to God for a solution not a scapegoat.
Heres my lifes observation for today, when you find yourself in trouble or crisis, stop looking for someone to blame and start looking for a solution. It may involve pain or sacrifice, you may have to ask yourself some searching questions like, "do I really want to stay here?" "What could I do to move from here?" "What works for me"?
Some questions not to ask, "What will everyone think"? "Am I strong enough"? Remember the passage, when David had no more strength to weep he ENCOURAGED HIMSELF in the Lord.