The Pull of Sin Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1 My Takeaways Something Old What was so wrong with a census? This was dangerous because of a principle stated in Exodus 30:12: When you take the census of the children…
For who is God except the LORD? For who is God except the Lord? Who but our God is a solid rock? Psalm 18:31 My Takeaways Something Old I wonder if David was tenor, baritone, or bass. Who is God compared to the other gods in my life? (Psalm 18:31) Who defends me…
Is It Easy To Abandon My King? So, all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. 2 Samuel 20:2a My Takeaways Something Old Remember in Joshua 9 when the Gibeonites tricked the Israelites. Joshua made a promise to protect them. This was a covenant God expected them to…
Victory! Victory comes from you, O LORD. Psalm 3:8a My Takeaways Something Old The story of Absalom’s death is a result of unchecked anger and half-hearted reconciliation. Something New I bet David never thought he’d be escaping to the wilderness again. Psalm 3 When circumstances come against us, we need to check Our…
When Everyone Else Lets You Down After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him. 2 Samuel 15:1 My Takeaways Something Old The only thing we can count on in this world is the Lord. Everyone… everyone will let us down. Because of the…
Reach To Reconcile All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him. 2 Samuel 14:14 My Takeaway…