9/27/2010 10:28:51 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: From love to lust
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 13:1-14
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful
sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister
Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to
Amnon to do anything to her. 3 But Amnon
had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and
Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4 He said
to him, "O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after
morning? Will you not tell me?" Then Amnon said to him, "I am in love
with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom." 5 Jonadab then said to him, "Lie down on
your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him,
’Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her
prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’"
6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be
ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my
sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat
from her hand." 7 Then David sent
to the house for Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and
prepare food for him." 8 So Tamar
went to her brother Amnon’s house, and he was lying down. And she took dough,
kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. 9 She took the pan and dished them out before
him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Have everyone go out from
me." So everyone went out from him. 10
Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the bedroom, that I
may eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes which she had made and
brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon. 11 When she brought them to him to eat, he took
hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister." 12 But she answered him, "No, my brother,
do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this
disgraceful thing! 13 "As for me,
where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of
the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not
withhold me from you." 14 However,
he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and
lay with her.”
The
first verse in chapter thirteen speaks of Absalom who would become the main
character in this section of 2Samuel.
This SD begins chapter six in Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on 2Samuel,
“Be Restored.” He entitles this chapter
“David’s Unruly Sons,” and it is about the trouble that takes place in David’s
life after his multiple sins with Bathsheba and her husband Uriah. David told Nathan that the rich man would
have to pay fourfold and David has already lost one son and is about to lose
two more sons and the forth son will die after David’s death so it all came
about as he said. David’s sins were
forgiven however there were still consequences from those sins.
The
story begins with David’s son lusting after his half sister and after getting
advice from his cousin he ends up rapping his half sister a combination of rape
and incest. David who used to be very
wise is now slipping from his wisdom and allows Amnon to be alone with his half
sister and then David will allow Amnon to go to a party that is set up by
Tamar’s brother Absalom who will kill Ammon which will in turn cause David to
put Absalom in exile and then he will be called back but will later try to take
over the kingdom and then Joab will kill him.
This was what God told David when He said that the sword would not
depart from his family.
Spiritual meaning for my life: There was a lot of trouble that came to
David’s life because of his sin with Bathsheba, but David never lost his faith
in the Lord even when he went through all of the trouble and this is something
that I need to learn for my life seems to be full of trouble at this time,
trouble dealing with Sandy.
I
am not at all sure how this job will turn out in Kauai, but I believe that the
Lord has opened up the door to go there and so I will go through that door and
pray that the Lord will allow us to have a good job there and first and
foremost a ministry there that will glorify God.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
I give myself to the Lord for worship and
service today.
2.
I trust the Lord to guide my path today.
9/27/2010 11:08:45 AM
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