11/8/2010 8:28:52 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The first “three mighty men”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Sam. 23:8-12; 1Chron. 11:10-14
Message of the verses: “ 8
¶ These are the names of David’s mighty
men: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his
spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter. 9 Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the
Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he was with David when they taunted
the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim for battle. Then the men of Israel
retreated, 10 but he stood his ground
and struck down the Philistines till his hand grew tired and froze to the
sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. The troops returned to
Eleazar, but only to strip the dead. 11
Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines
banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s
troops fled from them. 12 But Shammah
took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the
Philistines down, and the LORD brought about a great victory.”
“10
¶ Now these are the heads of the mighty
men whom David had, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with
all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning
Israel. 11 These constitute the list of
the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of
the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed at one
time. 12 After him was Eleazar the son
of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. 13 He was with David at Pasdammim when the
Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of
ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. 14 They took their stand in the midst of the
plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the LORD saved them
by a great victory.”
This
SD begins the second main division in Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary, and he has
entitled this second main division “David the gifted leader.
As
I read the accounts of these first three mighty men that are recorded in both
2Samuel and also in 1 Chronicles I wonder how and why these men did the things
that they did. Dr. Wiersbe does give
some insights into this as he writes that these men were doing this from the
glory of the Lord, for the Lord had given the nation of Israel this land and they
were stewards over this land and wanted to take care of it and so they wanted
to fight against these enemies of Israel who were also enemies of God. I think that another reason they fought so
hard was because of the leadership that David gave as they were inspired by
this leadership of David. They knew that
the Lord had covenanted with David to be king and therefore they knew that
David was gifted to lead the nation of Israel and they wanted to serve him in
this way.
There
are some slight differences in numbers between these accounts given in 2Samuel
and 1Chronicles, but these were probably made by those who copied the
manuscripts. I don’t understand how one
man killed so many men at one time, and yet times were surely different and the
only way this could have happened was through the power of the Lord given to
these men to do these gargantuan things for the Lord.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I must admit that there are times when I
struggle to write in my Spiritual Diary every day, and this is one of those
times. There are many things going on in
my life at this time as we are still in Ohio waiting for that word to leave for
Kauai, which was suppose to happen over a month ago. I am having trouble dealing with the mood
swings of Sandy and I am also having some physical issues that seem to come up
in the fall and in the spring.
I
must say that the time of worship at First Baptist was nothing short of
wonderful and the whole morning service was dedicated to the Lord’s Table and
it was a great time of worshiping the Lord, remembering what He did for me to
take away my sins, remembering His broken body, and the blood He shed to
accomplish salvation for me and for all He has called to salvation. Remembering that I am supposed to remember this
and tell others about until He comes to take me home to ever be with Him.
Obedience
to the leaders that God has given me is something that I am reminded of from
this section. Sandy and I do not have a
church home as of yet as we are waiting on the Lord to lead us in that
direction. We would probably join 1st
Baptist of Elyria if we were not planning to move to Kauai, but we are still
waiting on the Lord for this move. At
any rate we have the Holy Spirit living within us and the Word of God to guide
us and therefore we will follow His leadership.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Put on the belt of truth, the breastplate of
righteousness, the shoes of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit.
2. Trust
the Lord to lead us and to guide us this day to accomplish His will for His
glory and for our good.
3. I
trust the Lord to work out the details of this trip so that we will leave when
and if He chooses for us to go.
4. I
trust the Lord to move deeply in the heart of Andrew Lech so that he would
return the money that he owes everyone to the glory of God and to the good of
all the believers.
11/8/2010 9:13:05 AM
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