Read 2 Samuel 1
Honor God’s Design
11 David and his men
tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news. 12 They mourned and wept
and fasted all day for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the Lord’s army and
the nation of Israel, because they had died by the sword that day.
SAUL persecuted and hunted David for years. Saul kept
Jonathan, David’s best friend, from David. Saul used his troops and his
resources to protect his reign. And yet, David mourns Saul’s death.
David knows that
Saul was the LORD’s anointed one. God had chosen Saul to rule, and even though
Saul ruled in human error, Saul was still God’s King, and Saul was to be
honored as the LORD’s anointed.
David displays a
real and true worship to God. Life was hard under God’s design. God chose
David, and God chose David to suffer. Yet David chooses to honor those whom God
had put into his life to cause that suffering.
David repeatedly
shows that the first love of his life is God. What God says and does, David
honors.
Oh, David has made
mistakes, too, and he’ll do so again. But in the good and the bad, David’s
primary consideration is how his actions affect his relationship with God.
Yes, God gave to David
some extremely difficult circumstances. God gave David great victories. God
gave David great wisdom. David understands that everything comes from God.
For David, it was
time to mourn the passing of the LORD’s King of Israel. David’s mourning honors
God.
A Moment’s Thought: God designs circumstances to strengthen
your heart of worship.
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