Barb was rifhgt today. It has nothing to do with this devotional, but I wanted to say that because she's a good wife who helps me stay on track.
Lead to the Right
Read 2 Sam 3-4
2 Sam 3:36 All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.
DO YOU like action films? I feel as if I’ve just seen in this scripture reading today a movie marathon of action that is too much to take. The violence perpetrated in this scripture is sickening. What it describes is the incredible depth of darkness to which sin has taken humanity.
Then shines the bright spot in this darkness—David’s desire to do what is right. It would be easy for him to rejoice at his enemy’s death. But his enemy was murdered, and David punishes the killers. He grieves Abner’s death and calls his people to do the same. He shows his people their king has a heart to do what is right.
We need this kind of leadership today. God calls his people to stand for him in the sin-sickened world to lead people with his right ways. Show those around you a bright spot of God’s right light in the depth of their darkness.
Pause and Consider: how doing right is so unpopular. What can you do to change that?
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