Psalms: 104 Meditation 2 Samuel: As the opening indicates, these are the last words of David. How fitting that he would have a song (poetry) on his lips as he lay dying. I could only hope to have such calm of spirit and such praise in my heart as I am about to breathe my …
Tag: David
Wednesday, August 19
Psalms: 119:145-176 Meditation 2 Samuel: The revolt against David was put down but at great cost. David had given a strict command that Absalom was not to be killed – he said this in the hearing of the army. However, Joab, perhaps thinking David might spare Absalom, took it upon himself to kill the traitor …
Saturday, August 1
Psalms: 41 Meditation 2 Samuel: I think Shakespeare pilfered a thought which he employs in Macbeth Act IV scene I. When the LORD encourages David against the Philistines the strategy includes listening to “the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out …
Monday, July 20
Psalm: 52, 54 Meditation 1 Samuel: These verses show yet King Saul’s maniacal obsession in tracking down David in order to secure his own place in history. David’s response is the same as the first time Saul made an attempt on his life. Here David’s men urge him to slay his enemy Saul, but David …
Friday, July 17
Psalms: 143 Meditation 1 Samuel: David is pursuing his favorite pastime: being on the run from King Saul. David goes to the priest Ahimelech to fortify himself against Saul. David has said repeatedly that he would not kill King Saul as he was the LORD’s anointed (as was David himself). David plays a little fast …
Tuesday, July 14
Psalm: 69 Meditation 1 Samuel: Jonathan, King Saul’s son, and David were fast friends. Jonathan was aware of two rather important facts: 1) Jonathan’s father, Saul, wanted Jonathan to succeed him as king and 2) that David had already been anointed by Samuel as the next king. Saul suffered from bouts of madness, which today, …
Friday, May 29
Psalm: 102 Meditation Ezekiel: When we read this passage, we may (actually do not) see what Ezekiel saw. We look back through the cross. If Ezekiel looked back (as I am sure he did) he saw the shepherd/king (David). Ezekiel wants to awaken the errant “shepherds” warning them of a time of accountability. Sometime later, …
Wednesday, May 27
Psalm: 119:73-96 Meditation Hebrews: I hope all of you have grappled with this question: how could Jesus be both priest and King? Only the sons of Aaron (of the sons of Levi) were assigned as priests and the King could only come from David (of the family of Judah). These verses discuss and defend Jesus’ …
Monday, May 11
Psalm: 57 Meditation Psalm 57: The superscription (that portion above verse 1) tells us that David wrote this psalm in a cave while being pursued by a maniacal King Saul hell-bent on killing him. Saul wanted his son Jonathan to become the next king, but the LORD had already chosen His own man: David. David …
