8/30/2010
8:55:40 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: David
accepted the crown
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
2Samuel 5:1-5
Message
of the verses: “1 ¶ Then all the tribes of Israel came to David
at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 "Previously, when Saul was king over us,
you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, ’You will
shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’" 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king
at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron;
then they anointed David king over Israel. 4
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty
years. 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah
seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over
all Israel and Judah.”
David had a long time waiting for
this day to come, and he had come a long way since Samuel had anointed him
king, and he had had a lot of training by the Lord to take up this position
that God had anointed him for. This
training was not easy and it took a lot of time, but in the end I am sure that
David looked back at this time as the best of his life, for in it he learned to
walk closely with the Lord. When David
became comfortable in life and did not seem to need the Lord was when he fell
into sin, but even then David was man enough to confess and repent of his sin
and move on.
Dr. Wiersbe writes the following in
his commentary on these verses: “After
experiencing years of turbulence and division, the nation at last had a king
who was God’s choice and the people’s choice.
God takes time to prepare His leaders, and much to be pitied is a person
who ‘succeeds’ before he or she is ready for it.”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: Patience
is again seen in this section, the patience David had and also the waiting to
receive what was promised by the Lord and it took probably around twenty years
from the time Samuel anointed David until this day, but it was all in God’s
timing. From this I can learn to be
patience, patience to see if the Lord will someday have our funds returned to
us, and patience to see if the Lord will lead us to Kauai to work and minister
for Him there. Patience to lead us to
the church He wants us to minister in.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
1. I truly realize that I am in a
battle and am in need of having my spiritual armor on each and every 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, and put on the helmet of salvation, and take up the Sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God.
2. I give myself to the Lord for
worship and service this day.
3. I trust the Lord to guide my path
today.
4. I desire to continue to learn
contentment.
5. I trust the Holy Spirit to search
my heart for unconfessed sin and to repent and confess any that are found.
8/30/2010
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