I Chronicles 13:4 The entire assembly agreed that it was the right thing to do to bring the Ark of God back. Did the soon-to-be King listen to the people rather than his God? God makes it known in this book that David sinned in how he worshipped his God. His drive to do it right, to be efficient and effective was stronger than his desire to please God. I keep thinking about how he had 300,000 eager, seasoned warriors following him to defend him and make him a king. Verse 15 says that one of them was worth 100 lesser men; the best of them were worth a thousand. Verse 36 says: His band of men seemed as large as God's own army. Did he struggle with pride in being able to lead all these valiant men of God?
One cannot "cave in" to the best way to carry out God's plan. Easy to say. David was too busy rebuilding their lives not the temple. I find myself this very day way-too-occupied with taking care of my life and health problems. Good health. Good success. Good conversation. Good health. Good connection. Good responses. Good health. Good Night!!! "Ever since Eden, we no longer desire relationship with God on His terms above every other good." 66 LL. Well, that's it for me. Do I want Him more ... or is experiencing my well-being, my highest good this day? I walk in for diagnostic tests in a few hours to see where I am with cancer this day. "Since Eden's failure, we are all narcissists, willfully self-centered to the core, often sociably well-disguised but still obesessed more with ourselves than with anyone or anything else." 66 LL. Have Mercy, God! May we not claim this day the right to define our lives and write our own scripts. "So many 'goods' seem more desireable than the good of knowing, honoring, revealing, serving, and pleasing God." 66 LL. So what will I value this day? I will soon find out what my goals really are by the way I live today. My prayer for you and me---make us holy as You Are, for you are holy and we are not.
And may the sound in the tops of the going in the tops of the mulberry trees, direct us "to attend to God's motions both in His Providence and in the influences of His Spirit."
Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. I Cor 9:26.
Quietly, I need to take care of my business.
PHOTO: Tracer, the future generation. Walking with a past generation. His Pops in Spring 2023. No matter what you come against, may you depend on God Alone. Your dad and mom did when they first met you at 3 small pounds. Against the odds. Here you are! God bless!
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