14:10 - David is the embodiment of faithful leadership. He fully understands that there are no victories without God. He will do nothing without consulting God first. He has a focus that is often lacking in my own life.
14:14-15 - Again we see that David seeks God's face before making any decisions. Instead of relying on his own wisdom, he seeks God's will and God's plan. He prays to God and God goes out before Him...God lays the groundwork and foundation for what David is able to accomplish. This is how we must view our own lives. Am I praying each morning that God will go out before me and prepare events for me to enter into His will?
15:2 and 13 - David learned his lesson and brings the Ark back to Jerusalem by showing the utmost respect for the sacred object and following God;s guidelines for its transportation. He understands now that it was his failure to instruct the priests to carry the Ark that brought down God's wrath. He is a leading who is willing to admit his mistakes and learn from them.
15:29 - Why does Michal despise him? I believe that she sees David worshipping the Lord with total abandon and she is jealous. She does not have that kind of intimate relationship with God...she does not have that kind of faith and it makes her hate her husband. I have seen people belittle and mock others who had bold faith and I believe they do it because they are often uncomfortable with their own lack of life-changing faith. She is the daughter of Saul and carries his unfaithfulness, and because of her hatred of David, she is left barren and the kingly line of Saul completely dies out.
16:23,24 and 35 - The natural response of worshipping our awesome God is to make His name great in the world. We are saved for worship and mission...David understood this and we need to as well.
4 comments:
Is there significance to all the different jobs of each person? Why are there so many verses explaining what each person did?
Is this THE Tobi Damron? Awesome! Welcome to the blog. This book served as a history book for the Jewish people and they ""chronicled" everything with great detail to be accurate and for posterity. That way Jewish descendants of those men and women could look back and see what their ancestors had been doing.
Okay that makes sense but it was hard trying to keep up with the names.
You are right, but over the next few chapters, it gets back into telling stories with some action, not just lists of names.
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