1 Samuel 22 starts us out with David on the run. Even on the run it seems like David is collecting a large following. He is hiding in a cave and somehow gathers around 400 men to follow him. I would have liked to see all of them hiding in that cave. The next portion of this chapter is very saddening. I never expected Saul to be this jealous. He is so overcome with anger that he is acting out in rash decisions and kills off the Lord's priests. How does Saul not realize that what he is doing is not in the favor of the Lord? I foresee the life of Saul coming to an end very soon. For the one that escaped to David I do feel sorry for him and can only imagine the anguish he must have felt. To lose your entire family in one day has to be the worst fate that could happen.
Psalm 56 is one I have not read before. I am amazed at the strength that David shows even after being captured by the Philistines. Not once did he doubt God. He knows that God is watching over him and that He will take care of him no matter what. I wish I could say my faith is that strong. Many times I feel that I am to worried about what the world thinks of me when I should not care. I should know that as long as I have faith God will provide for me. We read before about how God provides for the birds of the air and the flowers of the field and that we are greater then these. Since we are greater then these we should know that God will take care of us as well. If you want to look that verse up again it is in Matthew 6, but ever since reading it I think of it often.
Luke 22 is the beginning of the plotting of Judas the Iscariot. I think this has to be the first time I have ever actually read this part. I was shocked when I read that Satan actually entered Judas. Never once did I imagine Satan entering Judas. Now, I had thought that a demon possessed him but for it to be the one in charge of the demons altogether I was not expecting. The remaining portion of our reading begins the last supper. The preparations for the last supper happen just like I expected them to. The disciples asked Jesus what they were to do and He tells them exactly what is going to happen. Sure enough they go to town and it happens just like He said it would. Time and time again we read stories like this and I just have to wonder if the disciples ever got tired of hearing it. For some reason I can hear the disciples saying "Wow, that's amazing" in the voice of the guy on the Staples commercial. During the supper Jesus then goes about telling them that His time on Earth is about to end and that the person that will betray him is with them at this very moment. I can just picture everyone of the disciples being awestruck at that very moment. Everyone of them thinking surely it is not I. The one thought that I can not grasp though is that of Judas. I really wonder what he is thinking during all of this. Is he sitting there with laughter in his head saying "ha ha you have know idea what I am about to do to you."? I mean honestly Judas this is Jesus Christ we are talking about. He formed you, He knew you before you were you. The really important part of this reading though is that of the broken body and spilled blood. Jesus gave us a covenant before he passed away on the cross and rose from the dead on the third day. A covenant is a very import thing. It is not something to enter into lightly. It is a dedication to be made and held onto for your entire life. For those of you reading this that have entered into that covenant I would like you to take a deep look into and truly exam it.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Psalms 52, 57, 142 and Luke 22:24-46
22. I really feel like Saul is going mad. He is punishing the priest for helping David when they didn't know that he was escaping Saul, didn't they still think David was working for Saul.
ReplyDelete56. 9 "This I know, that God is for me" I think that pretty well sums it up.
22. I didn't really read the part about Judas as a possession. I feel like the disciples don't really grasp the gravity of what is happening. The very last verse they start an argument about which of them is the greatest. I mean Jesus has just told them again that he is going to be betrayed and die and that is what they want to talk about. I for one would have wanted instructions for what to do after Jesus was gone.