Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 1214 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
Rest for the Weary Soul – Meditation Monday


Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1214 of our trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy.

For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and praying. It is a time, to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and make sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you too will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.

 After fighting the hard-won battles of life, you may be too weary to continue on to reclaim what was lost. In today’s meditation, let us consider…
Rest for the Weary Soul


There is a brook that is mentioned in the book of 1 Samuel that you may not have heard of.  It is called Brook Besor. Don't feel bad if you've never heard of the place. Most haven't, but more need to. The Brook Besor story deserves shelf space in the library of those who are worn-out. It speaks tender words and needed rest to those who are weary of soul.

The story emerges from the ruins of a town called Ziklag. David and his six hundred soldiers return from the Philistine war front to find the city from which the army was from in utter devastation. A raiding band of Amalekites had swept down on the village, looted it, and taken all the women and children hostage. The sorrow of David’s soldiers morphs into anger, not against the Amalekites, but against David. After all, hadn't he led them into battle? David is the commander of the army, and he left the women and children unprotected. Isn't David to blame? The soldiers think so and that he needs to die. So they start grabbing stones.

After the victory over the Philistines, returning home could be his worst hour. But David with wisdom from God makes it one of his best.



David redirects the men's anger toward the enemy. They set out in pursuit of the Amalekites. Keep the soldiers’ weariness in mind. They still were covered by the trail dust of a long campaign and haven't entirely extinguished their anger at David. They don't know the Amalekites' hideout, and, if not for the sake of their loved ones, they might just give up and take the loss.

In this story, we learn that two hundred of the six hundred soldiers do. The army reaches a brook called Besor, and they dismount. Soldiers wade in the creek and splash water on their faces, sink tired toes in cool mud, and stretch out on the grass. Hearing David’s command to move on in pursuit of the Amalekites, two hundred choose to rest. "You go on without us," they say.

How tired does a person have to be to abandon the hunt for his own family? The church may have its share of weary soldiers. Good people. Godly people. Only hours or years ago they marched with deep resolve. But now fatigue consumes them. They're exhausted. So beat-up and worn down that they can't summon the strength to save their own flesh and blood. Maybe old age has sucked their oxygen. Maybe it was a deflating string of defeats.