I've sinned greatly by doing this.
I beg You, my God, to take away my guilt.
I have done a very foolish thing: to number my fighting men.
I Chronicles 21:8
Ownership!
Oh! That we all respond like this king of old when we stumble down paths that were never ever meant to be. Joab tried to talk David out of numbering his fighting men. Joab knew it was wrong; David knew it was wrong. But, the King's word overruled his subject. Trumped by an evil thought. Stunned by a very Good God, David responded with a swift surrendered heart. And, it was the time when kings go out to war. David did not join in the season and his heart is captured by his surroundings. May we be at the right place at the right time with blinders on to this world of ours tugging at the skirts of our hearts.
DEAR GOD, PLEASE CHANGE ME IN ONE OF MY 10,000 MOMENTS IN THE SEASON WHEN KINGS GO OUT TO WAR: Quicken my heart to be as swift a runner as this seasoned heart of David, the king after Your very own heart. Oh God! Change me!
Do not miss this!
Follow after love. I Cor 14:1.
Pursue it.
Matthew Henry says that the original word, "diokete," signifies a singular concern to obtain it. Get this into your life on any terms---"whatever pains or prayers it may cost."
"In whatever you fail, see you do not miss this; the principal of all graces is worth your getting at any rate." Matthew Henry.
Something so Beautiful about the Love Chapter and now this invitation to follow after Love itself. And just what does that look like in this little life of mine?
PHOTO: Sitting on the rocks. Contemplating staying where I am and letting go and not letting life run me over.
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