11/4/2010 8:02:21 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The Lord established David
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 22:44-51
Message of the verses: “44 “You have delivered me from the attacks
of my people; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not
know are subject to me, 45 and
foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me. 46 They all lose heart; they come trembling from
their strongholds. 47 “The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God,
the Rock, my Saviour! 48 He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations
under me, 49 who sets me free from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes;
from violent men you rescued me. 50 Therefore I will praise you, O LORD, among
the nations; I will sing praises to your name. 51 He gives his king great
victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his
descendants forever.’”
The
introduction to this last main section in Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary tells that
David not only had to unite the twelve tribes of Israel under his leadership,
but also had to make sure that the nations around him which he defeated were
subjected to Israel. There are three
sub-points in this main section which I will attempt to go over this morning.
The Lord enthroned David, verses
44-46: In this sub-section David
writes of how he was no longer attacked by his own people, and how the Lord put
him leader of Israel and how the “foreigners” or gentiles were now subjected to
his rule and obeyed David.
The Lord exalted David, verses 47-49: David begins this section by saying “The
Lord lives,” and this is contrary to the dead idols that the nations around him
worshiped. David exalts the Lord, and
does not take credit for what he has done and so the Lord exalts David in
return. To exalt one’s self is sin, but when one exalts the Lord He will in turn
exalt him.
The Lord elected David, verses 50-51: It
was the sovereign choice of God in choosing David to be king and it was also
God’s sovereign choice to make a covenant with David to have one of his
decedents on the throne, and this happed through the Lord Jesus Christ. It was also God’s sovereign choice that the
nation of Israel would bring salvation to the world, both Jews and Gentiles
alike and this happened through David’s Greatest son, the Lord Jesus
Christ. Jesus told the woman at the well
that salvation is of the Jews, and Jonah 2:9 says that salvation is of the Lord. Jesus was both Lord and a Jew.
Paul
quotes verse fifty in Romans 15:9 as he wraps up his admonition to the
believers in the churches of Rome that they receive one another and stop
judging one another.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I want to follow the example of David and
give glory to the Lord and to lift His name on high, not taking credit for the
things that He has done for me. I surely
will always praise the Lord for His most wonderful gift to me, the Lord Jesus
Christ and the salvation that He has provided for me. For this He deserves all of the praise and
glory forever more!
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Continue
to seek the leading and the guiding of the Lord in all that I do, remembering
to give glory to the Lord.
2. Put
on the spiritual armor.
11/4/2010 8:38:22 AM
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