9/14/2010 10:11:21 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The first battle
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 10:6-14
Message of the verses: “6 ¶
Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the
sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of
Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men
of Tob with 12,000 men. 7 When David
heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men. 8 The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in
battle array at the entrance of the city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of
Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field. 9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set
against him in front and in the rear, he selected from all the choice men of
Israel, and arrayed them against the Arameans. 10 But the remainder of the people he placed in
the hand of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the sons of Ammon.
11 He said, "If the Arameans are
too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the sons of Ammon are too
strong for you, then I will come to help you. 12 "Be strong, and let us show ourselves
courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good
in His sight." 13 So Joab
and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans,
and they fled before him. 14 When the
sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they also fled before Abishai and
entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon
and came to Jerusalem.”
Hunan
figured out that it was a great mistake to listen to the young advisors that he
had with him and so the only thing left for him to do was to spend 1000 talents
of silver to get some soldiers of fortune who were not so fortunate at all.
The
delegates could wait at Jericho to have their beards grow back in and receive
new clothes, and while this was happening David would send Joab to fight the
sons of Ammon and those that Ammon hired.
During
the battle Joab realized that the battle was to be fought on two fronts and so
he gave part of the troops to his brother Abishai and he kept the other part. Joab told his brother Abishai to help him if
he needed help or he would help him if he needed help and then told Abishai
“and may the LORD do what is good in His sight.” The LORD gave victory to the army of Israel
as they defeated many of the troops and some ran to the city to seek
shelter.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: In yesterday’s SD I mentioned the trouble
that we had with our son-in-law that we felt that because the Bible teaches
that young men are not to serve as leaders until they are older and part of the
problem was because he was too young to serve as a deacon. Now in today’s SD I see something that may
have to do with our work in Hawaii, and that is we are not sure how things will
work out and are a bit frightened to go, but feel that this may be what God has
for us to do and so perhaps my attitude should be the same as Joab had when he
said “may the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust
the Lord to guide our path today and for the future as we trust Him to work in
our lives and led us to the place that He wants us to be in order to serve Him,
and that He would give us the strength and power to accomplish things for His
glory.
9/14/2010 10:36:46 AM
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