9/30/2010 8:37:20 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: From murder to exile
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Saam.13:37-39
Message of the verses: “37
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of
Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 38 So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and
was there three years. 39 The heart of
King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.”
This
passage has been misunderstanding to me and as I was reading the commentary
from Dr. Wiersbe he pointed out that there are two interruptions that are
commonly used to explain David’s actions and feelings that are shown here. The verse that this shows up in is verse
thirty-nine and the phrase “The heart of King David longed to go out to
Absalom.” It is worded a bit different
in the KJV “And the soul of King David longed to go forth unto Absalom.”The
first one is that David very much wanted to see Absalom as he was now over the
grieving of Amnon. The second was that David was still angry with Absalom but
his anger gradually quitted, and this probably made more sense as David could
have seen Absalom at any time for he was staying with David’s father in law,
his wives father who was the king of Geshur.
Absalom
may have been plotting the whole takeover of the kingdom and it does make sense
that his grandfather would want Absalom to be king.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: David had been forgiven by the Lord for the
adultery and murder that he had committed and so it may have been hard for
David not to forgive Absalom, and he should have forgiven him. Forgiveness is better than bitterness, for
bitterness can turn into depression and bitterness rots a person and can cause
many other physical problems. I do not
want to harbor bitterness, but forgive and be free of bitterness.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust
the Lord to guard my heart against bitterness and be a forgiving person.
2. Trust
the Lord to guide us through these hard days that we are going through with a
godly attitude.
9/30/2010 9:33:05 AM
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