6/27/2010 7:06:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: Saul’s anger
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 1Samuel 20:30-34
Message of the verses: “30
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, "You
son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the
son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? 31 "For as long as the son of Jesse lives
on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now,
send and bring him to me, for he must surely die." 32 But Jonathan answered Saul his father and
said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at him to
strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to
death. 34 Then Jonathan arose from the
table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon,
for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him.”
Dr. Wiersbe begins his commentary
on this section of Scripture by writing “When hateful feelings are in the
heart, it doesn’t take much for angry words to come out of the mouth (Matt.
12:34-35)” He goes on to explain exactly
what Saul was saying to his son here since it is difficult to understand what
Saul was saying: “You are no son of
mine! You must be illegitimate!”
Saul
must have forgot that the Lord had already taken the kingdom away from him so
that none of his sons would ever follow him to the throne in the eyes of the
Lord, for God had given the kingdom to David, and Jonathan knew this and was in
support of David being the next king in Israel.
David will be on the run for the next ten years and during that time the
Lord would used the circumstances of his life to teach him things that he will
need to learn when he is the leader of Israel.
Spiritual meaning for my life today:
There are times when I become angry and not for good things, but over things
that are actually selfish things and this is wrong. I think that the people that the Lord Jesus
Christ is talking about in Matthew 12:34-35 are unbelievers, yet they can
surely apply to when I get angry in a wrong way.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the Lord to help me keep my cool
when things don’t go as I think they should.
6/27/2010 7:26:45 AM
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