In order to know how to evade his plight, David looked at it the plight in two different ways– as a person and as a prince. As a person, David clung to the fact that God was merciful, compassionate and just. His unchanging nature condemned David when he was in sin, but was also something [...]
When do you feel that you have the best handle on the will of God? For me, it seems like it’s almost after the situation has come and gone. Looking back we can see with better clarity that truly God was working in the event and that He arranged thing correctly. The other time that [...]
Who was better equipped than David to teach us about God’s leading? (I guess you could answer “Christ”– being very God Himself, but I mean of the human with the capability to sin variety.) David started out on the fields of his father Jesse. From there he was chosen to be king of Israel, but [...]
I’ve been asked to preach again at my local church while the Pastor is on vacation this Sunday and Sunday night. What really has been ministering to my heart is a commentary in which I’ve been reading comments on the Psalms, and I’d like to take you along with the congregation as I share what [...]
It was the other day that I was reading through a Psalm– I’m not quite sure which one– that the history behind it was that it was probably written around the time of David’s confrontation with Goliath. The commentary gave the usual background, but what I found interesting was that the author mentioned something that [...]
For Christmas a couple of years ago my Great Aunt gave my family a couple of commentaries on the Psalms of the Bible. I was in the middle of reading through the Bible, so I didn’t start reading them right away, but they are, as she said, a blessing. I’m hoping to use Monday mornings [...]
Psalm 11:3 gives us a statement that was as true then as it is today. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? We are living at a time when the foundations are those things that are under attack. Instead of going after different things that are surface issues, the battle is now [...]