Good Morning Sunday...
Father Thank You for this NEW Day. Please grant us TRUTH, WISDOM, DISCERNMENT, UNDERSTANDING, and KNOWLEDGE. Father we ask this so that we will not be conformed to this world, but TRANSFORMED by the renewing of our MINDS. In YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST'S Name. Amen. - David: The Anointed King Of Israel (Day 9) While studying, and trying to figure out how to end this devotion series, something occurred to me. David really had his childhood cut short. At age 15 he became a national hero. He had, at this point, killed a lion, a bear, and now an actual giant. As we find out, David was immediately put into “rock star” status after killing Goliath. That is some heavy stuff for a teenager. This would be a quick change of life for an adult to adjust to, much less a 15 year old teen. To put this into perspective, David became the most famous person in Israel, and soon the world, as a freshman in high school. Wild, right? Can you imagine defending your nation's honor and killing a giant at 15? Not only did he walk out to fight Goliath, but he also was staring down the line of a Philistine army behind Goliath. I can only speak for myself, but... in no imaginable reality could I see me at 15 walking out to a battlefield to meet an army full of enemies by myself... Not to mention one of them was 9.5 feet tall! Now we know David was not alone. The Invisible and Living God, The Creator of All Things, was with him, but still... David's story is more than impressive. Impressive enough that David's story has and will live throughout all generations. Baptized in blood at 15 when he cut off Goliath's head, David's life would never be the same after leading Israel to victory that day. In the "twinkling of an eye" David's childhood was gone, and now he would have to grow up in a manner none of us can imagine. His life would now change, forever. Before we wrap this series up tomorrow, let’s spend some time today giving thought to the Biblical concepts David learned at a very young age. Let’s meditate on the things that the man “after God’s own heart” would have to learn, and trust, at a very early age. Some good questions that we should all ask ourselves are: 1.) Do we take these things into account in our lives? 2.)Are we trusting Our Father to guide us along The Way? 3.) Finally, when The One True and Living God, Our Father, calls upon us... will we be ready? The things Young King David would experience and “live out” at a very young age: Our Father and Savior didn't say following Him would be a walk in the park, He said: “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 “He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:25 The verses above were a stark, living reality for David, for he would live them out, and on a world stage. David’s life would go through many stages, it was very bloody, and there never seemed to be a dull moment. Yet, we really don’t hear David complain in The Word. If he did complain, it was about his own failures and in repentance before the nation. If David complained at all, he wouldn’t complain to others, he did what we all should do and brought it straight to The One True and Living God, Our Father. “Yahweh, how many are my enemies; many are rising against me. Many are saying about my soul, “There is no deliverance for him from God. Selah But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head. With my voice I call to Yahweh and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me. I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me. Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked you break. To Yahweh belongs deliverance; may your blessing be over your people. Selah” Psalms 3:1-8 “My God, my God why have you forsaken me? Why are you far from helping me, far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and by night but I have no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Our ancestors trusted you; they trusted and you delivered them. They cried to you and were saved; they trusted you and were not ashamed.” Psalms 22:1-5 LEB David thoroughly knew, before it was written that he was to: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6 LEB Again, before some of these things were even written in God Our Father’s Word, David knew: “No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please Him who enlisted him as a soldier.” II Timothy 2:4 “Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse them.” Romans 12:14 “Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32 “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares Yahweh.” Jeremiah 1:8 Finally, while David was young, and while he was old, He always trusted in The Rock: “Yahweh lives! Blessed be my Rock! May God, The Rock of My Salvation, be exalted!” 2 Samuel 22:47 “Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, The One Who Trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war—” Psalms 144:1 “Yahweh is My Rock and My Fortress and My Deliverer, My God, My ROCK in whom I have taken refuge, My Shield and The Horn of My Deliverance, My Stronghold.” Psalms 18:2 “For you are My Rock and My Fortress. So, for the sake of Your Name, lead me and guide me.” Psalms 31:3 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, My Rock and My Redeemer.” Psalms 19:14 Have a wonderful beginning to your week everyone! May The God of King David, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Our Father, Bless you as you go out into a world and face your own giants. And may the Peace of Our Eternal King and Savior Yeshua, Jesus Christ, be with you all!
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