9/26/2010 9:33:14 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The Conquering
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Sam. 12:26-31; 1Chr. 20:1-3
Message of the verses: “26 ¶
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the
royal city. 27 Joab sent messengers to
David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the
city of waters. 28 "Now therefore,
gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture
it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me."
29 So David gathered all the people and
went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it. 30 Then he took the crown of their king from his
head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and
it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in
great amounts. 31 He also brought out
the people who were in it, and set them under saws, sharp iron instruments, and
iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he did to all the
cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
“1
¶ Then it happened in the spring, at the
time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the
land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at
Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 David took the crown of their king from his
head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone
in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the
city, a very great amount. 3 He brought
out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws and with sharp
instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of
Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.”
It
is kind of a mystery to me as to how long this battle was going on with Ammon,
for when it began in the spring is when David sinned with Bathsheba and now
this is at least ten months later if this part was done in the order that the
chapter was written.
I
think that the point of this section is the grace of God, for even though there
was this great sin in the life of Israel’s king God was gracious to give Israel
the victory over Ammon, but the hammer is going to come down on David with
members of his family in the next chapter of 2Samuel.
The
crown that the king of Ammon had on his head weighed between fifty and
seventy-five pounds so it was not on his head for long, and after wearing it
for a short time it would go into the treasury for Solomon to use to build the
Temple of God.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful for the grace that God gives to
me each day, and for the mercy that He gives to me each day. I could never earn my salvation that the Lord
provided for me through Jesus Christ, and if I got what I deserved it would be
hell, but God is rich in His mercy towards me and for that I am thankful and
praise the Lord.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. I
trust the Lord will see us through to Kauai and that He will have work for us
to do when we get there to His glory.
2. I
give myself to the Lord for worship and service today.
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