10/30/2010 10:09:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: National conflict
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Sam. 21:15-22; 1Chron. 20:4-8
Message of the verses: “15 ¶
Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down
and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David
became weary. 16 Then Ishbi-benob, who
was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three
hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he
intended to kill David. 17 But Abishai
the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then
the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall not go out again with us
to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel." 18 Now it came about after this that there was
war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down
Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant. 19 There was war with the Philistines again at
Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the
Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 There was war at Gath again, where there was
a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each
foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant. 21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
Shimei, David’s brother, struck him down. 22
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of
David and by the hand of his servants.”
“4
¶ Now it came about after this, that war
broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed
Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. 5 And there was war with the Philistines again,
and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,
the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 6 Again there was war at Gath, where there was
a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on
each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants.
7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the
son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him. 8
These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand
of David and by the hand of his servants.”
This
SD describes the forth conflict of David that is described in this tenth
chapter of Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary on 2Samuel with sections coming from
1Chronicles.
In
this section there are four battles with the Philistines and four giants that
are killed by David’s men. This probably
happened after David had conquered Jerusalem and made it the capital of Israel.
In
the first battle described it is seen that David becomes weary in fighting one
of the Philistine giants and Abishai had to come to his rescue or David would
have been slain. After this battle was
won the leaders of David’s army concluded that David should not go directly
into the battle so that the “lamp of Israel would not be put out. There are three other battles written about
here and three other giants slain, and three other battles won by the children
of Israel. One giant had twelve fingers and
twelve toes, and one giant was killed by another nephew of David.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Dr. Jeremiah wrote a book about slaying the
giants in your life as he took a physical battle that was fought by David in
Israel and made a spiritual point. The
spiritual point is that everyone faces giants in their lives, and I am speaking
of believers, and there are times when we all need help in slaying those giants
that come into our lives. I have had a
number of giants in my life that have caused a great deal of stress and
problems, and others have come to my aid in defeating those giants. Some of the giants in my life I am still
fighting and may be fighting until I go to meet the Lord in the air or go the
way everyone has gone to this point with the exception of two OT saints. The point is that I need help as all people
need when facing the giants in their life.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Continue
to trust the Lord for His will to be done concerning this job.
2. Put
on the spiritual armor.
3. Trust
the Lord to guide my steps this day.
4. I
am thankful for the love, grace, mercy, and judgment of my God.
10/30/2010 10:46:50 AM
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