Wed. Devo - Please Pass Me the Mulberry Jam

Read 2 Sam 5:9-25
I want to concentrate on verse 24: "Let it be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you should stir yourself: for then shall the Lord go out before you, to smite the Philistines."
The mulberry tree prophetically speaks of Christ. It is known as the "weeping tree". They produce various colors of fruit. Some produce a red fruit with blood red juice inside. Just as the mulberry trees drop (weep) red juice, our Saviour sweat drops of blood as he sat in the garden of Gethsemane. The shedding of blood represents sacrifice. On the cross, Jesus was the wine that was pressed and his blood brought our salvation. The mulberry tree symbolizes suffering, but also healing as did the Cross. The silkworm eats the leaves of the mulberry tree his whole life. In Rev. the leaves of the trees were for the healing of the nations. Christ "ate the leaves of the mulberry tree" (partook of suffering ) for the healing of the nations.
Silk farmers say that when large numbers of silkworms in a room are munching on leaves, it makes the sound like heavy rain falling on a roof, or like heavy marching. The silkworm is eating to form a cocoon where it will finally sacrifice its life. It's whole life is spent preparing to die.
God is telling David to wait until he hears this sound and it will be his sign that God is with him to defeat his enemy. We need to wait till we have the sign of his blood covering us before we go out and fight Satan.