8/28/2010
11:34:27 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: David
honors Abner
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
2Samuel 3:28-39
Message
of the verses: 28 Afterward when David heard it, he said,
"I and my kingdom are innocent before the LORD forever of the blood of
Abner the son of Ner. 29 "May it
fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail
from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes
hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread." 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner
because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.
31 Then David said to Joab and to all
the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and
lament before Abner." And King David walked behind the bier. 32 Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the
king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people
wept. 33 The king chanted a lament for
Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies? 34 "Your hands were not bound, nor your
feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And
all the people wept again over him. 35
Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was
still day; but David vowed, saying, "May God do so to me, and more also,
if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down." 36 Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased
them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people. 37 So all the people and all Israel understood
that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner
to death. 38 Then the king said to his
servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this
day in Israel? 39 "I am weak today,
though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for
me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil.’”
There are a number of things that I
wish to point out in this section of Scripture, and in the next section of this
SD I will show how I believe the Lord is speaking to me about how this applies
to my life.
David was washing his hands of the
killing of Abner and called a curse down on those who murdered him in a cold
blooded fashion. David would say a elegy
to Abner because David knew that he was a great man. David would not do anything to his nephews who
killed Abner, but would leave the judgment to the Lord. David would error on the side of grace rather
than the stricter punishment and this would come to haunt him in the future
when it came to dealing with the members of his family.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: My
decision to have our names removed from the role of membership at GBC was a
decision that I truly believe that was of the Lord, for He has showed me that I
am not to scheme. The words that Dr.
Wiersbe wrote in his commentary go along with what I am thinking concerning my
thoughts on how to handle the problems that are going on at GBC: “All David could do was leave the judgment
with the Lord, for He never makes a mistake.”
My Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust the Lord to deal with what is going on at GBC for He has more
invested there than anyone else. God is
impartial.
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