8/12/2010 7:52:03 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: A grieving camp
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 1:11-12
Message of the verses: “11 ¶
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all
the men who were with him. 12 They
mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for
the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the
sword.”
I
mentioned in an earlier SD that this person who claims that he killed Saul was
an Amalekite and Saul was given orders by the Lord to kill all of them for what
they had done to Israel when they were first coming into the land from Egypt,
but Saul failed to do this and therefore if this man may have been telling the
truth and did kill Saul then it was Saul’s own fault for not wiping them out as
the Lord ordered.
When
David and his men began to tear their clothes and begin to morn then this man
probably got a little bit nervous because this was not what he expected. The king of Israel was anointed by the Lord
and therefore was chosen by the Lord and even though Saul was an enemy of the
David, David still called him “the Lord’s anointed.” I know that David mourned for Saul, but I
believe that he was really mourning the most for Jonathan who loved David with
a godly, brotherly kind of love, and for that David would be more upset for
Jonathan.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I admire greatly the respect that David had
for Saul, at least for the office that Saul held even though Saul was trying to
do harmful things to David. There is a
similar thing that is going on in my life at this time, in fact two similar
things are going on, the President of this once great country I live in I have
zero respect for but I must learn to have respect for the office, and also our
Pastor we have at our church I do not respect for what he is doing to our
church, but I must respect his office as it is an office that God has
ordained. It is easy to find fault with
both of these men, yet if I am to be like David I must respect the office they
both hold.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. I must trust the Lord as I go to a meeting at
church today which will probably be about salaries and perhaps the church
having a desire to cut my salary because of lack of funds. I want to be filled with God’s Spirit in
order to keep me out of it, and trust the Lord to use me in this meeting as He
sees fit.
2. Give
myself to the Lord for worship and service.
3. Trust
the Lord to guide my path today.
4. Put
on the spiritual armor of God because I am surely in a battle each day. I put on the belt of truth, the breastplate
of righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, take up the shield of
faith, put on the helmet of salvation, and take up the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God.
5. Continue
to learn contentment in the Lord as I go through these difficult times.
6. Trust
the Holy Spirit to search my heart for any hidden sins.
8/12/2010 8:15:45 AM
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