11/9/2010 8:00:47 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time: Focus: The second ‘three mighty men
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Sam. 23:13-17; 1Chro. 11:15-19
Message of the verses: “13
During harvest time, three of the thirty chief men came down to David at
the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of
Rephaim. 14 At that time David was in
the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. 15 David longed for water and said, "Oh,
that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of
Bethlehem!" 16 So the three mighty
men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate
of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead,
he poured it out before the LORD. 17
"Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this!" he said. "Is it
not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?" And David would
not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.”
“15 Now three of the thirty chief men went down
to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the
Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. 16 David was then in the stronghold, while the
garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 17 David had a craving and said, "Oh that
someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by
the gate!" 18 So the three broke
through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem
which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David
would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD; 19 and he said, "Be it far from me before
my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went at
the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it."
Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.”
I
am having a bit of trouble understanding what a drink offering represents in
this case. The best commentary that I
have found here was that because these men risked their lives to bring David a
drink from this well that the water now represented the blood of these men and
therefore David did not think that he was worthy of drinking it and so he poured
it out unto the Lord as a drink offering.
Paul spoke of himself being poured out as a drink offering two times in
his letters and this is the only time in the NT that we find “drink offering”
because when Jesus Christ died on the cross he fulfilled all of the OT
sacrifices and therefore they did not need to me mentioned again because they
were fulfilled.
These
second three might men are not mentioned by name, but they were part of the
thirty might men of David. Dr. Wiersbe
writes the following: “God doesn’t
measure us by what He helped other do but by what He wanted us to do with the
abilities and opportunities He graciously gave us.” Mother Teresa said: “We can do no great things, only small things
with great love.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am not to worry about trying to live up to
things others do for the Lord, but I am to make sure that the things I do for
the Lord are the things that He is leading me to do, and do them for the glory
of the Lord.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Put
on the spiritual armor.
2. Trust
the Lord to guide my path today.
3. Be
sensitive to the leading of the Lord and give glory to the Lord for allowing me
to be led by Him.
11/9/2010 8:46:48 AM
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