9/15/2010 8:32:03 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The second battle
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 10:15-19
Message of the verses: “15 ¶
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they
gathered themselves together. 16 And
Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they
came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them. 17 Now when it was told David, he gathered all
Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans
arrayed themselves to meet David and fought against him. 18 But the Arameans fled before Israel, and
David killed 700 charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck
down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer,
saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served
them. So the Arameans feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.”
This
is the section that leads up to the section that talks about David staying
home, being idol, and then being tempted by Satan, and finally to that
temptation which would change the direction of David’s life and
leadership. It also lead, in the
providence of God, for the next king to be born, a man whom the Lord loved,
Solomon.
Back
to this section and this is a battle between the Arameans and Israel in which
Joab, with David along to be the commander in chief, defeats the Arameans when
then become subject to David. There were
many killed including the commander of the army, and this would cause the
Arameans to never help the people of Ammon anymore. Joab would then go and finish the defeating
of the people of Ammon the following spring.
Dr.
Wiersbe writes of David, “Because of God’s gifts and help, David undoubtedly
became Israel’s greatest king and greatest military genius. He was blessed with courageous men like Joab
and Abishai, plus his ‘might men’ (2Samuel 23; 1 Chronicles 11:10-47).
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think that what I can learn from this
passage is to finish the job. Sometimes
for me it is easier to begin a project than to stick around and finish it and
in this section David finished the job that was began by Joab and Abishai. Speaking of finishing the job the problem
with Tim now seems to be in the past and hopefully finished. I need to begin to pray that Tim will set his
priorities right, and for the most part they seem to be right, and that he will
do a good job in knowing how much to support Greg, and have the wisdom to know
when to challenge him when he is not following the things that the Bible has to
say.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust
the Lord to continue to put the pieces together in order for us to go to Hawaii
including to help Sandy in her perspective about going there and also finding a
place for Aruba to stay.
2. Give
myself to the Lord for Worship and service, trusting that the Lord will use me
to accomplish glory for Him.
3. Trust
the Lord to direct my path.
4. Continue
to learn contentment, even if it means staying in N. E. Ohio for the rest of my
life.
9/15/2010 9:07:25 AM
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