7/27/2010
6:14:04 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: His responsibility in the battle
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Samuel 28:1-2; 29:1-11
Message
of the verses: “1 ¶ Now it came about in those days that the
Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And
Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the
camp, you and your men." 2 David
said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do."
So Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for
life.’
“1 ¶
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while
the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines were
proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were
proceeding on in the rear with Achish. 3
Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these
Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines,
"Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been
with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him
from the day he deserted to me to this day?" 4 But the commanders of the Philistines were
angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make
the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him,
and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an
adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his
lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men? 5 "Is this not David, of whom they sing in
the dances, saying, ’Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten
thousands’?"
6 ¶
Then Achish called David and said to him, "As the LORD lives, you
have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army
are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your
coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of
the lords. 7 "Now therefore return
and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines."
8 David said to Achish, "But what
have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came
before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my
lord the king?" 9 But Achish
replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel
of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ’He must not
go up with us to the battle.’ 10
"Now then arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord
who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and
have light, depart." 11 So David
arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of
the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.”
I think what I can get out of this
passage is the vague answers that David gave to Achish when he asked him a
number of questions and the assumption was that David was on the side of the
Philistines, when in actuality he was probably going to fight for Israel, but
the Lord stepped in and caused David to have to return to Ziklag where he and
his men were living at this time.
When David was on the throne for a
while he had people and even his family be deceitful to him and therefore he
certainly may have been reaping the seeds that were sown here.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I must be
careful not to sow sinful things in my life or someday they may come back to be
a crop that I do not want to harvest in my life.
From learning things from John
MacArthur’s teaching on Daniel about prayer and in particular the confession
and repentance part of intercessory prayer I have learned that when I truly
confess and repent that I am willing to take the consequences of my sinful
actions that come from God even thought I have confessed the sin and have
repented of it.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the
Lord to direct my path today, especially when it comes to our meeting this
morning.
2.
Be ready for the battle today by putting on the
whole armor of God so that I may be able to stand.
3.
Trust the Lord to continue to teach me, and that I
may continue to learn contentment.
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