Saul Lost His Crown (2 Samuel 1:1-10)

8/8/2010 8:17:02 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                                                                              Focus:  Saul lost his crown

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  2Samuel 1:1-10

            Message of the verses:  “1 ¶  Now it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David remained two days in Ziklag. 2  On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself. 3  Then David said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel." 4  David said to him, "How did things go? Please tell me." And he said, "The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also." 5  So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" 6  The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. 7  "When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, ’Here I am.’ 8  "He said to me, ’Who are you?’ And I answered him, ’I am an Amalekite.’ 9  "Then he said to me, ’Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.’ 10  "So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.’”

            I suppose that I have always misunderstood what this passage was all about, that is until this morning when before I read the text it seems to me that the Lord was showing me that this man who said that he killed Saul was a liar.  Now for sure if Saul had done his job in killing all of the Amalekites this man would not have been there, but that was one of Saul’s downfalls and as Dr. Wiersbe writes “Because of Saul’s sins, he first lost his dynasty and then his kingdom and finally he lost his crown.”

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  Warren Wiersbe went on to write about how believers can lose their crowns also for Jesus said “Behold, I come quickly!  Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”  John writes “Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.”  These are meaningful verse to me this morning.

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1.       That the Lord Jesus Christ will receive glory from my teaching of Daniel 9 this morning.      8/8/2010 8:37:00 AM