7/23/2010
7:52:10 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Dishonesty
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1 Samuel 26:17-25
Message
of the verses: “17 Then Saul recognized David’s voice and said,
"Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my
voice, my lord the king." 18 He
also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I
done? Or what evil is in my hand? 19
"Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of
his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an
offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have
driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of
the LORD, saying, ’Go, serve other gods.’ 20
"Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the
presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single
flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.’
“ 21 ¶
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will
not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold,
I have played the fool and have committed a serious error." 22 David replied, "Behold the spear of the
king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. 23 "The LORD will repay each man for his
righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered you into my hand
today, but I refused to stretch out my hand against the LORD’S anointed.
24 "Now behold, as your life was
highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the
sight of the LORD, and may He deliver me from all distress." 25 Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are
you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and surely prevail." So
David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.’”
This is the last recorded
conversation between David and Saul, and Saul’s last words to David were in
verse twenty-five, saying that David would prevail and accomplish much and so
they departed, Saul to go to his death by killing himself, and David to be the
king of Israel as God had had him anointed many years before.
David is called son by Saul, but
David did not call him father as he did the last time when David cut off a part
of his robe. By doing that David was
cutting off his kingdom and by taking his sword David was taking away his
authority.
Saul wanted David to go home with
him, but that would not be the case for as surely as David would return to
Saul, Saul would try to kill him as he tried before. His confession of his sin was not true,
something like the sorrow that Judas felt when he betrayed the Lord Jesus
Christ.
David did not want to leave Israel
because that is where the Lord reigned and the priesthood was, but eventually
he would do so. David accused the men of
Saul’s men of being the ones who were causing this trouble between Saul and
David, and probably to some extent that was true.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: Again I
am reminded of the respect that David showed for the office of the king of
Israel, waiting on the Lord to accomplish His purposes with Saul, and so I must
have the respect for the office of the President of our country because it was
God ordained, chosen by the Lord. I must
have respect for the Pastor’s office as it too has been ordained by the Lord,
and wait to see what the Lord is going to do in both of these cases. I am saying that in order for me to do this I
will need much of God’s grace and a great desire to allow the Lord to work
things out for His glory.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Continue to
trust the Lord to guide my path.
2.
Continue to trust the Lord to work things out for
His honor and glory in the two situations I mentioned above.
3.
Continue to be willing to learn contentment.
4.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service
today.
5.
Trust the Lord to work things out as far as this job
opportunity in Kaui.
Memory verses for the week: 1Thes.
4:1-5
1 Finally then, brethren, we request you
and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction as to how
you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel
still more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of
the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will
of God, your sanctification, this is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and
honor, 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
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