April 25, 2008
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April 25, 2008
April 26, 2008 at 4:52 am
I Samuel 30:3-6
David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep because their wives and children were taken captive in Ziklag. David stressed out because his friends spoke of stoning him; they were bitter cause they had lost their children. But David strengthened himself in the LORD His God. Even in the midst of loss of family and friends. Oh, that I could be like this and not give weight to the judgment of others on my life.
I Samuel 30:24
Some of the men said that the 200 who had been too exhausted to go into the Ziklag battle could have their wives and children back, but not the plunder. In verse 24, David said “No, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike.”
The man who tried to kill David on more occasion than one was finally dead. And David laments for Saul and Jonathan…”in life they were loved and gracious and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.” II Samuel 1:23. When something like this happened to me in my life, I was greatly relieved the person would not bother me again, no more hunting and haunting. But, look at David’s response: “the mighty have fallen.” He really left this relationship in God’s hands.
PS – I’m not going to comment for a while as I am thinking I am doing it too much. I’ll be back soon!
April 26, 2008 at 2:52 pm
David reminds me of Moses in his humility. Saul just persecuted and haunted and hunted him down while he was alive, yet David could weep and mourn for him:
2 Sam. 1:11-12 “Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.”
And, David could exact justice for Saul in his death:
13-16 “David said to the young man who brought him the report, ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite,’ he answered. David asked him, ‘Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?’ Then David called one of his men and said, ‘Go, strike him down!’ So he struck him down, and he died. For David had said to him, ‘Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”