When the devil steals what belongs to you, you have a choice either to sit down and start weeping over your loss or to become violent in spirit and pursue after him to recover your blessing. In 1 Samuel chapter 30, there is an account of David and his men. They returned to their camp one day only to discover that some Amalekites had invaded and burnt the city with fire and also carried away their wives and children as captives. Initially, they reacted just like many believers today would do. "Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep" (1 Samuel 30:4).

David and his men wept much, yet they recovered nothing. The people even thought of stoning David but he encouraged himself in the Lord and decided to inquire of the Lord, to know the next step to take. And in verse 8, "...David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all."

David pursued as he was directed and the result was that:

...David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. (1 Samuel 30:18-19)

If you must recover whatever satan has stolen from you, then you must pursue. To remain seated is to lose all. Life is for running! If you won't run, situations will overrun you! Satan is trying very hard to fight you out of your destiny, so stand your ground and fight him! If you sit watching, complaining, murmuring and carrying offense, Satan will destroy whatever is left of your blessing. He rejoices when you are crying. He is happy when you sit down counting your losses. But all you need to stop him, is to rise up and fight! Pursue him in the name of the Lord, cast him out and take back what belongs to you!

You need tenacity to pursue. You need tenacity to keep fighting till you recover all. A very good illustration of this is when God called Gideon and sent him to deliver the Israelites from the hands of the Midianites that had oppressed them for so many years. Gideon and his army of three hundred men overcame the Midianites but as they pursued after the three kings of Midian, the Bible says that they were weak and fainting, yet they kept pursuing. I could imagine them panting heavily but they kept the pursuit till the battle was won! (Judges 8).

It is natural to feel weak and faint while pursuing, but one thing you must never do is to stop the pursuit. Your stopping is the enemy's advantage. When you stop he gains grounds but when you keep the pursuit, you are sure to recover all. So go after him and recover all he's stolen from you!