7/1/2010 7:59:26 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: From Gath to the cave of Adullam
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Samuel 22:1-2
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and
when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down
there to him. 2 Everyone who was in
distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered
to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men
with him.”
The
cave of Adullam was not too far from Bethlehem and so David’s family came to
him there because they also feared for their lives because of Saul.
Psalms
57 & 142 were written while David was in this cave and show that this cave
became a sanctuary for those who were in distress, those who owed money and
those who knew that the Lord had appointed David to be king over Israel. Here in this cave, with all of these people
coming to David he continued to display good leadership as his group would grow
from 400 to 600 as more people would join him.
It is evident that David grew closer to the Lord while in this cave as
he wrote the Psalms and relied upon the Lord.
He may have been thinking of Joseph and how long that it took the Lord
to bring him to power in Egypt after having the dreams while just a young man,
as David was just a young man when the Lord sent Samuel to anoint him as king.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I too am waiting, waiting for the Lord to
come back to the clouds to take me to be with Him forever, and while I am
waiting I have struggles like David had while he was in exile, and troubles
like Joseph had and at times wonder if all of these struggles will ever be
beaten and my life would mean something for the cause of Christ, for it seems
that I have done many things to overcome my temptations, which are not sin, but
falling into them is sin, and nothing seems to work, which causes me to become
distressed. I know that I am to blame
for these struggles and that I am the one who will even lose any rewards
because these failures in my life.
God
is good and will help me overcome my failures.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
“There hath
no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2.
14 Wherefore,
my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
7/1/2010 8:26:25 AM
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