8/26/2010
7:49:48 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus:
Joab reproaches David
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
2Samuel 3:22-25
Message
of the verses: “22 ¶ And behold, the servants of David and Joab
came from a raid and brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David
in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the army that was with him
arrived, they told Joab, saying, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king,
and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace." 24 Then Joab came to the king and said,
"What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him
away and he is already gone? 25
"You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to
learn of your going out and coming in and to find out all that you are doing.’”
I think for me to try and understand
all that is going on here I must realize that there was a civil war going on in
the nation of Israel and that the parties who were involved in this civil war
are David, Joab, Abner and Ish-bosheth, who was Saul’s son and king of Israel
at this time. Joab was a deceitful man
who wanted to avenge the killing of his brother Asahel even though it seems to
me was killed by Abner during a period of war and therefore it seems to me that
the rules were different during times of war.
Abner wanted David to understand that he wanted revenge for the death of
his brother while David wanted the nation of Israel to be at peace and this was
why he had meet with Abner. I suppose
the one thing that I don’t understand is why David kept Joab as his general all
of his days. Part of the answer was that
Joab was the son of David’s sister and therefore he was family. With all of the wives and children that David
had it is no wonder that he had so much family trouble, and it would get worse
too.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I guess
that the thing that I can take out of this passage is that I have a choice of
acting like one of the players in this drama that played out during the time of
ancient Israel. I can be like David who
was being a peace maker for the good of the nation of Israel, or I can be like
Joab who only wants revenge from the wrong that he sees was done to him, or I
can be like Abner who himself was deceitful and was trying to get the best deal
that he could get. There is one more
player Ish-bosheth who was the weak king or puppet king of Israel. By God’s grace I will be like David and live
my life with integrity and seek to be a man’s after God’s own heart.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust the Lord to show me the
steps that I am to take to honor Him in the situation that I find myself.
8/26/2010
8:30:52 AM
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