11/26/2010 10:57:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Adonijah the opportunist
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 1:1-10
Message of the verses: This main section has three sub-sections in
it and I will attempt to go over all three of them this morning. The first sub-section is called “The Occasion (Verses 1:1-4): “1 ¶ Now King David was old, advanced in age; and
they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. 2 So his servants said to him, "Let them
seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her attend the king and
become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep
warm." 3 So they searched for a
beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the
Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4
The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and served
him, but the king did not cohabit with her.”
Adonijah
was at this time the oldest of David’s sons and therefore probably though that
he was the one who should be the next king even though it was known to him that
the Lord had chosen Solomon to be the next king and to build the Temple of the
Lord.
There
was a young girl who is also part of this drama named Abishag who was a
Shunammite, and who was very beautiful and was the one who kept the king warm
by sleeping with him, yet not having any sexual relations with him. She would fit into the drama after the death
of David.
“The Traitors” (Verses 1:5-7): “5 ¶
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be
king." So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to
run before him. 6 His father had never
crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was
also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom. 7 He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah
and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him.”
Adonijah
is the son of David who will not try and become the next King of Israel and he
did some things similar to what Absalom did to try and make this happen. He has some men who were true to David with
Him including Joab who was the leader of David’s army, and he also had Abiathar
the pries, so he had both the priests and the army in his corner.
“The Faithful:” (Verses 1:8-10): “8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to
David, were not with Adonijah. 9 Adonijah
sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is
beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the
men of Judah, the king’s servants. 10
But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and
Solomon his brother.”
This
section of Scripture gives the names of the men who were not invited to
Adonijah’s party and were therefore loyal to the King. These will be the men who will not stand by
idly and allow Adonijah’s plan to be fulfilled, for they knew that it was not
the will of the Lord for it to be fulfilled.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I saw something similar happening, and is
still happening, at GBC and therefore I could not stand to continue to go there
anymore so I left and pray that God will judge these things that are going on
there now.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Trust the Lord to judge the plans that are going on
at GBC in a way that will bring glory to God.
2.
Put on the spiritual armor today so that I will be ready
in the battle.
11/26/2010 11:24:00 AM
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