10/15/2010 8:48:21 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: David’s spy system worked
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 17:15-22
Message of the verses: “15 ¶
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "This is
what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I
have counseled. 16 "Now therefore,
send quickly and tell David, saying, ’Do not spend the night at the fords of
the wilderness, but by all means cross over, or else the king and all the
people who are with him will be destroyed.’" 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at
En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell
King David, for they could not be seen entering the city. 18 But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so
the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who
had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it. 19 And the woman took a covering and spread it
over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.
20 Then Absalom’s servants came to the
woman at the house and said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And
the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And
when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 21 It came about after they had departed that
they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David,
"Arise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled
against you."
“22 ¶ Then David and all the
people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan; and by dawn not even one
remained who had not crossed the Jordan.”
This
was another answer to David’s prayer in that he would be notified of what
Absalom was going to do and even though there were some glitches in this plan
the Lord was in control and in the end the news got to David to move across the
Jordan River that evening to a safer place.
Hushai did not know for sure if Absalom would change his mind and go
with Ahitophel’s plan or continue to go for the plan that he had given them.
As
for the woman telling the men of Absalom that the two spies of David had
crossed the brook it is a reminder of the story in Joshua about Rahab hiding
the Jewish spies and then telling that they had already left. This lady had no problem deceiving these men
for she would not serve Absalom as king.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I do not need to tell lies for ungodly
reasons, but if the time came when a situation like this arose in my life then
I certainly would have to think and hard about how to handle a similar
situation and hopefully this kind of situation will not arise in my life.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust
the Lord to bring about his will as far as this job in Hawaii and it has put a
lot of pressure on us.
2. Trust
the Lord to guide us as to whether or not to put some of our little excess
funds on our house loan.
3. Trust
the Lord to continue to be with the Carters this morning in a special way as
they bury their son.
10/15/2010 9:10:02 AM
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