Monday, May 18, 2015

Mon.’s Devo - The Heart of David

Read: Ps. 26, 40, 58, 61-62, 64
I wonder if David wrote Ps. 26 while he was contemplating his own son’s anarchy. David washes his hands in innocency and cries for mercy.
In Ps. 40, David has learned that you can’t buy God’s forgiveness and favor with sacrifices. God delights in a person who will simply do what He asks and totally trusts in Him.
Ps. 58 brings up an interesting doctrine. David claims that the wicked are wicked from birth which confirms what Romans 8:29-30 and Ephesians 1:5 and 11 say. We are predestinated. 1 Peter 2:9 says, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” That is hard for us to grasp but we are not the potter and the potter decides what kind of vessel he is making.
David proclaims that God will prolong his life which is a comfort since he is running from Absalom who is trying to take it.
Although David is the king he realizes that riches and power is vain if not given by the Lord and even then they can’t be trusted. Power belongs to the Lord. Ps. 62:11
Lord, thank you that the righteous will be glad in the Lord and all the upright in heart shall glory. May we have an upright heart.

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