DAVID INQUIRES.
As I read 1 and 2 Samuel about David, I notice that in everything that he does, he always inquire the Lord of directions or whatever that needs to be done. His relationship with God is so close. That in everything he did, the Lord blessed him and gave him great success (God was with him)
In 1 Samuel 17: 45, David made this statement which I like alot:
" David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied."
Sucha powerful statement eh? Indeed the name of our Lord is greater than worldly weapons.
TEARING OF CLOTHES.And today as I read 2 Samuel 1-3, this action struck me. Did a mini research and found this. The practise of tearing clothes by people of the Old Testament was to express anger or extreme sadness. (http://www.chc.org.sg/breakthrough_word/bb_2002_21.htm. )
Some interesting points:
- Being clothed in the glory of God and wearing Jesus Christ (:
But not only can we be clothed with the whole armor of God and the Holy Spirit, we are also told, "Put on (clothe yourself with) the Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 13:14). No wonder we are more than conquerors (Romans 8:37), the head and not the tail, above and not beneath (Deuteronomy 28:13) ... we have the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57)!
Kingdom business professionals fight daily in the trenches of commerce, battling the enemy come rain or shine. It is not always easy or pleasant. We are in (but not of, hallelujah!) a dirty, dishonest and depraved arena called the marketplace. Here, the people we mix with are often "lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of God" (2 Timothy 3:2-3).
But as we "shout unto God with the voice of triumph" (Psalm 47:1) we know that we are called to be light in the darkness, and that with the armor of light-the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ—clothing us, we will usher in the Kingdom of God in all its fullness!
