10/26/2010 8:37:55 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: Personal Conflict
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 20:4-13
Message of the verses: “4 ¶
Then the king said to Amasa, "Call out the men of Judah for me
within three days, and be present here yourself." 5 So Amasa went to call out the men of Judah,
but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba
the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s servants
and pursue him, so that he does not find for himself fortified cities and
escape from our sight." 7 So Joab’s
men went out after him, along with the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all
the mighty men; and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of
Bichri. 8 When they were at the large
stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his
military attire, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened at
his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out. 9 Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with
you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to
kiss him. 10 But Amasa was not on guard
against the sword which was in Joab’s hand so he struck him in the belly with
it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again,
and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
11 Now there stood by him one of Joab’s
young men, and said, "Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let
him follow Joab." 12 But Amasa lay
wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that
all the people stood still, he removed Amasa from the highway into the field
and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood
still. 13 As soon as he was removed from
the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of
Bichri.”
This
section of Scripture describes another murder committed by Joab that did not
need to happen. Joab was the cousin of
David along with his brother Abishai, but so was Amasa, for he was David’s
cousin also. It was because Joab had
killed Absalom that David had taken him from the position of the leader of his
troops, the “general” so to speak.
David
had given Amasa an order to go after Sheba in order to stop the problems that
he was creating, for this could be worse that the Absalom problem, but Amasa
did not respond in time and so David gave the job to Abishai for he may have
thought the Amasa had joined Sheba, for after all he had joined Absalom.
As
Abishai was leading the troops he runs into Amasa and so Joab take that
opportunity to kill Amasa in cold blood just as he had killed Absalom and also
Abner earlier in all most the same spot.
Joab again takes over the leadership position of the army and goes off
to take care of Sheba, which was in yesterday’s SD.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: David again has problems within his family as
wittiness in this section of Scripture.
I know that whenever I work for Tim who is not a blood relative, but who
is in our family none the less that I have to obey orders that are given to me
by him and not take advantage of being related to the “boss.” I believe that if I do this and if I pray
that the Lord will bless Tim and this upcoming job then things will go well.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today:
1. Put
on the spiritual armor as instructed in the Word of God.
2. Trust
the Lord to work out the details of this job so that it will be good for us and
that it will bring glory to the Lord.
10/26/2010 9:01:07 AM
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