SCRIPTURE 2 Samuel 2:18
David's Prayer 18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? 19 And as if this were not enough in your sight, O Sovereign LORD, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant. Is this your usual way of dealing with man, O Sovereign LORD ?
20 "What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Sovereign LORD. 21 For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
OBSERVATION
I believe that David was amazed and in shock that the Almighty God would pay so much attention to him. David felt humbled and curious why God would choose him and his family to exalt. David called himself a servant and humbled himself even though he was anointed King. It doesn't matter what position we have. We need to recognize that we are very lucky to be called his servants. God is the only one that knows are future and can exalt whoever he wants to. So many times we forget that the only person in charge of our future is God almighty.
APPLICATION
Teach me to be humble like David, eventhough you have brought us to a place of leadership. People all around me, do not know that I am nothing but a servant. So many times we want to put people on their peddalstools and honor the person that God has sent, but it is God who we need to lift up. The word says that if we lift up the name of Jesus all men would be drawn unto him.
PRAYER
Lord, I pray that you will continue to recognize me as your servant and will use me to fullfill your plan. I pray that you will reveal your will and your destiny for our lives. Please help us to trust you, because you are the only one that knows our future.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Freedom to Worship
SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 6:21-22a: David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.
big>OBSERVATION
Michal was upset with David because he was celebrating or worshiping God in an unusual manner. Michal rebuked David for having done so in front of these slave girls. David says, "Hey, this is for God and no one else!" (In a nutshell)
APPLICATION
I love David because he wasn't ashamed of God or afraid of what other people thought of the way he worshiped! I want to be more like this man! I want to feel free to express myself in worship however the Spirit leads me with no fear of what "Man" may think!
PRAYER
Father, give me this boldness I pray! The boldness to come excitedly before you in worship however you want me to, without worrying about what anyone thinks!
Amen.
2 Samuel 6:21-22a: David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.
big>OBSERVATION
Michal was upset with David because he was celebrating or worshiping God in an unusual manner. Michal rebuked David for having done so in front of these slave girls. David says, "Hey, this is for God and no one else!" (In a nutshell)
APPLICATION
I love David because he wasn't ashamed of God or afraid of what other people thought of the way he worshiped! I want to be more like this man! I want to feel free to express myself in worship however the Spirit leads me with no fear of what "Man" may think!
PRAYER
Father, give me this boldness I pray! The boldness to come excitedly before you in worship however you want me to, without worrying about what anyone thinks!
Amen.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Check Yo Self
SCRIPTURE
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
OBSERVATION
David had it right here! He took the time to ask God to search himself, to test him and see if there was anything in him that didn't belong. David wanted nothing holding him back from the presence of God!
APPLICATION
How often do I do this? How often to I open myself up to God and say, "I'm all yours. Poke around and see what's in me that doesn't belong!" Not often enough! I want to have nothing between the Lord and I!
PRAYER
Father, Search me! If there's anything within that does not belong, reveal that to me and help me to deal accordingly with it! Amen.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
OBSERVATION
David had it right here! He took the time to ask God to search himself, to test him and see if there was anything in him that didn't belong. David wanted nothing holding him back from the presence of God!
APPLICATION
How often do I do this? How often to I open myself up to God and say, "I'm all yours. Poke around and see what's in me that doesn't belong!" Not often enough! I want to have nothing between the Lord and I!
PRAYER
Father, Search me! If there's anything within that does not belong, reveal that to me and help me to deal accordingly with it! Amen.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Unclean
SCRIPTURE
Matthew 15:11- What goes into a man's mouth does not make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean.
OBSERVATION
Jesus, once again is dealing with the legalism of the Pharisees! The Pharisees were concerned that the disciples were breaking the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating. Jesus sets them straight when he says it's not what goes in, but what comes out that makes them unclean.
APPLICATION
We need to be sure that we are watching what comes out of our mouth! The word says that the tongue is as sharp as a double edged sword. The power of life and death are in the tongue!
PRAYER
Father, I want to be clean in your eyes! Help me to watch what comes out of my mouth, that my every word may bring glory to your name.
Amen.
Matthew 15:11- What goes into a man's mouth does not make him unclean, but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him unclean.
OBSERVATION
Jesus, once again is dealing with the legalism of the Pharisees! The Pharisees were concerned that the disciples were breaking the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating. Jesus sets them straight when he says it's not what goes in, but what comes out that makes them unclean.
APPLICATION
We need to be sure that we are watching what comes out of our mouth! The word says that the tongue is as sharp as a double edged sword. The power of life and death are in the tongue!
PRAYER
Father, I want to be clean in your eyes! Help me to watch what comes out of my mouth, that my every word may bring glory to your name.
Amen.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Obediant Soldiers
SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 11:4 "...Do not go up to fight against your brothers. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing. So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.
OBSERVATION
180,000 soldiers were gathered up by Rehoboam and were heading out to battle against Israel to regain the kingdom. God sent his word to them to turn back and not to fight. They obeyed!
APPLICATION
Wow! As much effort as it must have taken to gather that many soldiers and get them ready for battle, they didn't hesitate to pull back when the Lord spoke. This causes me to wonder if a lot of time and energy could have been saved if they had sought God's will for the situation to begin with! We need to seek God in every decision, and regardless of how much effort we put into something, if God says to turn back, we must be obedient to his word.
PRAYER
Father, help me to seek you in every decisions and be willing to obey your word despite the cost! I want to be an obedient soldier in your kingdom!
Amen.
2 Chronicles 11:4 "...Do not go up to fight against your brothers. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing. So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.
OBSERVATION
180,000 soldiers were gathered up by Rehoboam and were heading out to battle against Israel to regain the kingdom. God sent his word to them to turn back and not to fight. They obeyed!
APPLICATION
Wow! As much effort as it must have taken to gather that many soldiers and get them ready for battle, they didn't hesitate to pull back when the Lord spoke. This causes me to wonder if a lot of time and energy could have been saved if they had sought God's will for the situation to begin with! We need to seek God in every decision, and regardless of how much effort we put into something, if God says to turn back, we must be obedient to his word.
PRAYER
Father, help me to seek you in every decisions and be willing to obey your word despite the cost! I want to be an obedient soldier in your kingdom!
Amen.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
No Hindering!
SCRIPTURE
Mt. 13:58: "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith."
OBSERVATION
Jesus was teaching in his home town and the people recognized him and questioned where his authority came from. Because of their lack of faith, the miraculous was limited or hindered.
APPLICATION
Since lack of faith hinders the miraculous, we need to be sure that we're doing all we can to build and increase our faith so that God is free to move in and among us in the miraculous!
PRAYER
Father, your word says that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. As I spend time in your word, let faith arise!
Amen
Mt. 13:58: "And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith."
OBSERVATION
Jesus was teaching in his home town and the people recognized him and questioned where his authority came from. Because of their lack of faith, the miraculous was limited or hindered.
APPLICATION
Since lack of faith hinders the miraculous, we need to be sure that we're doing all we can to build and increase our faith so that God is free to move in and among us in the miraculous!
PRAYER
Father, your word says that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. As I spend time in your word, let faith arise!
Amen
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Box
SCRIPTURE
Matt 12:1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."
3He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? 6I tell you that one[a] greater than the temple is here. 7If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,'[b] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
OBSERVATION
The Pharisees were so myopic in their outlook on life. You might say they were living in the box. We learn here that Jesus didn’t live outside the box but He’s the one who make the box in the first place. He is the Lord of the Sabbath and the Lord of all.
APPLICATION
I’m committing myself to living outside the box. I might even through away the box all together.
PRAYER
Lord, please open our eyes to see things from your perspective.
Matt 12:1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."
3He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? 6I tell you that one[a] greater than the temple is here. 7If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,'[b] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
OBSERVATION
The Pharisees were so myopic in their outlook on life. You might say they were living in the box. We learn here that Jesus didn’t live outside the box but He’s the one who make the box in the first place. He is the Lord of the Sabbath and the Lord of all.
APPLICATION
I’m committing myself to living outside the box. I might even through away the box all together.
PRAYER
Lord, please open our eyes to see things from your perspective.
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