August 23, Reading 1 – 2 Samuel 4, 5

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SAA Notes

Ish-Bosheth is murdered by his own clansmen. However, David does not become King with blood on his hands. Remember Abigail’s words in 1 Samuel 25:30,31. Our redeemer must be clean of blood and no Cain, to deliver us from our great enemy. The Christ has the faith of Abraham, not of Cain.

SJA Notes

* Faithful God, in the day of our trouble we seek You, we cry aloud to You – May we remember Your deeds O Lord, Your wonders of old. Let us ponder all Your work.

“As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity,”

Here we see the faith of David, the reality of his relationship with, and understand of, our God. The LORD.

David knows that God lives – He is the LIVING GOD!

And David knows the reality of his own standing. He hasn’t done anything to merit God’s salvation, it is the LORD who has redeemed him.

These are important building-block truths.

Do we know them in our own lives?

A rock-solid trust, because who we trust in is rock-solid.

David knew that it is the Lord who saves, and who continues to save.

After his sin with Bathsheba, David writes these words in Psalm 51,

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;”

We are to be encouraged and exhorted here to model the attitude that David shows, the understanding, the hard-won day-in-out hard-fought truths embedded in our very selves – That we need God every day, we need His salvation every day, according to His steadfast love, we need His mercy today!

More of Jesus. Less of us.

* Great and Mighty God,

You do not look at things like the world does.

You look at the heart, You see through to the heart.

Thank You that our dead hearts are made alive again through Jesus, new birth!

Please help us to be Your people in truth today.

Amen.

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