5/22/2010 5:06:03 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship
Time Focus: Folly
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1 Sam.
13:13-14
Message of the verses: “13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted
foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He
commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel
forever. 14 "But now your kingdom
shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own
heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you
have not kept what the LORD commanded you.’”
There is one question
that I have had for a long time concerning Saul as king and then the choosing
of David as king because Saul was surely from the wrong tribe to be the king
that would usher in the reign of the Messiah.
Dr. Wiersbe writes that if Saul would not have sinned in the way that he
did then his son Jonathan would have been a part of the reign of David, which
is what David and Jonathan had planned.
However because of Saul’s sin at Gilgal he would not have a dynasty as
far as being a continual king over Israel.
Saul’s heart was not right as can be seen in this portion of 1 Samuel,
he was acting foolishly because he thought that he, being a king, could offer a
sacrifice to the Lord, which is something that only a priest could do. There were times in the life of David while
he was ruling over Israel that he did some foolish things, (foolish meaning
folly), but the difference is that when David die these foolish things that he
truly had repentance from doing these sinful acts and this was one of the major
differences between David and Saul.
Dr. Wiersbe writes,
“Saul’s pride, impatience, disobedience and deception were all seen and judged
by the Lord. G. Campbell Morgan writes
of Saul, “This man (Saul) in his governing of Israel was a warrior and nothing
mere, he was never a shepherd.” Then
Warren Wiersbe adds, “David was under authority, so he had the right to
exercise authority.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The last statement that is quoted from Warren
Wiersbe is something that I would like to be like in my Christian life, for I
am indeed under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also under the
authority of God’s Word, and His Holy Spirit, and so with these facts in mind I
want to exercise authority over those that are under me in a godly way, like a
shepherd.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1. Trust the Lord to teach me to lead like a
shepherd in all of my dealings with others who are under my God given
authority.
5/22/2010 5:35:39 AM
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