Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED OR COMPLAIN!!
Oh, how often do we forget from whence we came. We came from a male and a female to physical body, but first HE knew us before the womb. We come from God Almighty. But so oft we fail to remember and offer the reverence to our LORD and Savior that we should.
In 1 Samuel 17 a mere boy child took food to his brothers and others when they were camped and fighting the Philistines. This young shepherd boy came, and then saw what was going on and asked questions. Here is a young man that is taken back that the ARMY OF GOD is being held at bay by a large, loud mouthed giant -- WHEN--- the Israelites had GOD as their support and back.
Why is nothing being done against this giant who hurdles insults and demeans the Israelites? David's attitude is God is on our side why are you, the soldiers of Israel doing nothing? David says he will go to meet the giant. You can read the story, but he does go forth and slays the giant. A hero through the power of the LIVING GOD!! A VICTORY FOR GOD'S PEOPLE!
Then we travel on down the road to when David is king. You can read about his ups and downs in getting to the throne, but we are moving on to 2 Samuel 24. However, just before we move there let us revert back to 2 Samuel 22, this is a song of praise from David to God. Praising God for all HE has done for David and bringing great acclamations to the LORD. Okay, now we just go to chapter 24.
David decides to take a census of all the fighting men in Israel sending out Joab and the commanders to take the census. NOW, let us stop here. 1 Samuel David stands on the power, strength and faith of GOD; 2 Samuel 22 David sings a long song of praise to God for carrying him through. And now, HE WANTS A CENSUS OF THE FIGHTING MEN IN ISRAEL! Whoops!! Where is the faith in God here???
Where did David's faith wane? You and I both know where this doubt came from. David was a man after God's own heart, however, he was not perfect and satan is a great light of deception and doubt. SOOOOO, doubt crept into David's mind about his defenses, forgetting God is in control of all.
Taking this census angered the LORD. God sent Gad, the prophet, to David to tell him this: “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’”
13 So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
So a long story short, David chose the plague and 70 thousand Israelites died. This brought David back to reality, built an altar to God on the threashing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
The point I am trying to make here is in good times and bad times we must constantly put our faith in the Living God, not our own judgment. When we start to take things into our own hands we open the door for satan to cast doubt darts in our path and we have a tendency to be led astray.
Keep the faith my friend. Look up, remember who is in control, even you may question it, GOD IS IN CONTROL. The world is in a spiral and we have to take refuge in the LORD. Thank you for reading with me today. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny
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