6/22/2010 8:25:06 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: Michal’s deception
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Samuel 19:11-17
Message of the verses: “11 ¶
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put
him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying,
"If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to
death." 12 So Michal let David down
through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped. 13 Michal took the household idol and laid it on
the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with
clothes. 14 When Saul sent messengers to
take David, she said, "He is sick." 15 Then Saul sent messengers to see David,
saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death."
16 When the messengers entered, behold,
the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head.
17 So Saul said to Michal, "Why have
you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?"
And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, ’Let me go! Why should I put you
to death?’"
Even
though Michal had David’s best interest at heart she kind of went about helping
him and scheming to her father in a bad way.
Michal was the first wife of David, a man after God’s heart and here she
was with an idol in her room similar to Rachel who also had idols that she
stole from her father. David on the
other hand trusted the Lord to make sure that Saul would not kill him. David wrote Psalm 59 out of this
experience.
“1 ¶ «For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth.
A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to
kill him.» Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away
from those who rise up against me. 2
Deliver me from those who do iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed.
3 For behold, they have set an ambush
for my life; Fierce men launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression
nor for my sin, O LORD, 4 For no guilt
of mine, they run and set themselves against me. Arouse Yourself to help me,
and see! 5 You, O LORD God of hosts, the
God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who
are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. 6
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city.
7 Behold, they belch forth with their
mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, ‘Who hears?’” This is only the first part of this 59th
Psalm as in total there are 17 verses, but the point is made here that David
was trusting in the Lord to save him from Saul’s men. God uses humans to work out his plan and
Michal was used to accomplish His plan for David’s escape even though she
schemed to allow David to escape.
Michal will turn
up again when David is dancing before the Lord while the Ark of God is being
brought to Jerusalem and that situation if far different than this one.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: There are troubles in my life and it is
important that I continue to trust in the Lord to deliver me from these things
that are great problems in my life and not to try and scheme and “help the
Lord” to deliver me from these troubles.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
Trust in the
Lord with all my heart and lean not upon my own understanding, in all of my
ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct my path.
6/22/2010 8:48:30 AM
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