GOODNEWSLETTER
Number 462 February 20, 2013
"LIVING IN DAVID'S DAY"
"For God has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured;
For all my salvation and all my desire, will He not indeed make it grow?" (2 Samuel 23:5)
I just finished reading 1st Kings using the Blue Letter Bible email site. I am amazed how fast the Bible reading goes. Just sit back and read along as the announcer covers the material. It's a great thing. Our church, Trinity MBC, reads the Bible through, yearly; which, we started back in the early 90's. I have always loved David; so, 1st & 2nd Samuel and 1st Kings were a blessing, again.
In the lives of David and his son, Solomon, we see that women were the down fall of these two Kings. David committed adultery (he also had Bathsheba's husband killed); while, Solomon took way too many wives (700). The women led him to offer sacrifices to their gods. So, we see that everyone makes mistakes; even kings. However, David and his son kept serving and trusting in all that God dealt to them. And, that's what we must do, today. As in David's day, we must fulfill our position by 'keep on keeping on...' God has a job for us to do and, He will never leave nor forsake His people because they will fulfill His plan. That's a promise! Remember, God calls sinners to work out His plan through His Son, Jesus.
While, each king is blessed, we see that God used David to pay back others for what they had done in the past. Joab (1st Kings 2:5), received a sentence of death because he killed Abner and Amasa (V5). Even before that, David's own sons, Absalom and Adonijah, wanted the kingdom so badly that each one assumed authority to be king. Neither conceded their father beforehand; and, both died prematurely. Absalom caught his hair in the trees and died by the sword.
Then, Adonijah learned that God places kings; not men, even though he declared, "I will be king" (1st Kings 1:5). Learning that Solomon would be king chosen by God, Adonijah wasn't happy. But, Rather than leave it alone and be happy that he was alive, Adonijah asked to have Abishag as his wife. This was his end. Solomon had Adonijah killed by Benaiah. In all this, we see God's plan going on.
Truly, we see that a judgment day is coming. God does not forget our works. However, He won't judge us for sins; unless the sin in not obeying the plan that God set up. "Upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it," Matthew 28:19. Do we believe the words of Jesus? It's His final decision. Let's learn and obey, just as if we were living in David's day.