10/27/2010 9:36:56 AM
SPIRITUAL
DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Sin
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
2Samuel 21:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 ¶ Now there was a famine in
the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the
presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, "It is for Saul and his bloody
house, because he put the Gibeonites to death." 2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke
to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant
of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had
sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah). 3 Thus David said to the Gibeonites, "What
should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the
inheritance of the LORD?" 4 Then
the Gibeonites said to him, "We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul
or his house, nor is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he
said, "I will do for you whatever you say.’”
I have a great desire to
learn about the type of things that are being taught in this section of
Scripture, and it is because of my overall study of the Bible and the great
help of Warren Wiersbe, and most of all the aid of the Holy Spirit who has
given me this desire to learn the Scriptures that these things are so important
to me. Way back in my study of the book
of Joshua I looked at the sin that Joshua had sinned by not contacting the Lord
when the Gibeonites came to him and told him the lie that they were from a far
off country that this story in today’s SD is made clear. The Gibeonites were very crafty in pulling
off this lie to Joshua. It is believed
that the Devil is the one who caused this to happen, for after all he is crafty
and clever as seen in the third chapter of Genesis. Israel was not allowed to make a covenant
with any of the peoples, who were living in the land that the Lord was going to
give them, and somehow the Gibeonites knew this and that is why they disguised
their appearance to make Joshua think that they were from a far off
country. Romans 8:28 can be seen in what
happened as the Lord surely used this to work together for the good of Israel
and also for His glory as Joshua made these people wood cutters for the work of
the tabernacle and this kept them close to the Lord and this brought about
salvation to some of these people. Dr.
Wiersbe points out that from a study of 1Chronicles 8:29-33; 9:35-39 that
Saul’s great-grandfather was the progenitor of the Gibeonites so in effect the
sin that Saul committed was to his own relatives.
The sin that he
committed was killing off some of the Gibeonites, something that is not
recorded in Scripture other than what is seen here. It was because of this sin that the Lord
brought a famine on the Land of Israel, something that is spoken of in His
Law. David found out about why the Lord
was bringing a famine on Israel and he was doing something about it, which will
be seen as a part of the next SD.
Saul’s spiritual life is
surely a mystery and this is a case in point as to why he was destroying the
Gibeonites, whom he was not to destroy and not killing the Amalekites whom he
was to destroy. Another thing seen here
is the patience of the Lord as He waited for thirty years before bringing this
famine on the land of Israel.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I can see God’s patience and God’s judgment
in this section of Scripture and I am thankful for the patience of God, for He
gives me time to repent and I am thankful for the justice and judgment of God
for He has taken the judgment that I deserve and judged my Lord and Savior on
my behalf. All I can do is praise the
Lord and serve Him for doing this on my behalf.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
1.
Put
on the Spiritual armor.
2.
Thank
the Lord for His patience and for His judgment.
10/27/2010 10:38:31 AM
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