10/10/2010 9:13:46 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The Lord meets David’s needs
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 16:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the
servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them
were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred
summer fruits, and a jug of wine. 2 The
king said to Ziba, "Why do you have these?" And Ziba said, "The
donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit
for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness
to drink." 3 Then the king said,
"And where is your master’s son?" And Ziba said to the king,
"Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ’Today the house of
Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’" 4 So the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all
that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said, "I prostrate
myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!’”
In
this section Ziba is on the scene again.
Ziba was the man who cared for some of Saul’s property and later was
taking care of Mephibosheth who was Jonathan’s son and who was crippled in both
feet. He brought to David some donkeys
and also food for his journey which David was thankful to the Lord for. The problem was that Ziba was deceiving
Mephibosheth by doing this and in his hast to repay Ziba David made a great
mistake by giving the land that was owned by Mephibosheth to Ziba, something
that would come up later in chapter nineteen when David returned as king. Proverbs 18:13 reads as follows, “He who
answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.” This is what happened to David.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I can attribute this mistake that David made
to being in a hurry and not thinking about what Ziba said and then hastily
giving Mephibosheth’s land to Ziba.
Being in a hurry to make a decision is something that I have had to work
on all of my life and so when it came to this job offer in Kauai I tried to
make it my purpose to pray about it and get the blessing from the Lord before I
would totally commit to going. And now
perhaps the Lord is going to close the door and with that closing is the matter
of a lease that I signed to rent a house in Kauai for twelve months hanging
over my head.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Completely
trust the Lord to work out all of these details of this possible up coming job.
10/10/2010 9:31:04 AM
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