12/5/2010 8:51:01 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: David the realist Pt. 1
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Kings 2:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
As David’s time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 "I am going the way of all the
earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 3 "Keep the charge of the LORD your God,
to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances,
and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you
may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, 4 so that the LORD may carry out His promise
which He spoke concerning me, saying, ’If your sons are careful of their way,
to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you
shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’”
In
these verses David was charging his son to “Put the Lord first.” This is the name of the first sub-section
from Warren Wiersbe’s commentary, which is from the third main section in this
first chapter of his commentary. He
begins this section writing about how David was preparing Solomon to take over
as the next king of Israel and the first thing that he reminds him is to seek
the Lord first and remember that the Lord made a covenant with David to keep
one of his sons on the throne of Israel and so be sure to obey the Lord in all
that He did and to find out how this can be achieved by knowing the Law of the Lord.
“David
knew that Israel had a ministry to perform in providing the vehicle for the
promised Redeemer to come to earth, and the future of God’s redemptive plan
rested with Israel.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The Messiah that is spoken of above has
already come to the earth as we celebrate His incarnation at this season of the
year, and so the promise to David has come true and I am living on the other
side of the cross, however I am still to follow the Law of the Lord and seek to
do what pleases him just as David charged his son Solomon to do, so that part
has never changed.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
This has been a difficult morning and I need to make
sure that my spiritual armor is in place.
2.
Trust the Lord to see me through this Lord’s Day,
and bring glory to Him.
3.
Continue to learn contentment.
12/5/2010 9:14:09 AM
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