Out Of Turmoil, God Provides

 

Today's verse is 1 Samuel 30:26

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 

    Israel was soon to lose her present King, for Saul was set to die in the coming battle against the Philistines, and here we see David dividing the spoil he and his men took from the Amalekites which had burned Ziklag and had taken the families of David and his men, and sending that spoil to Judah, even to those that he had dwelt among, as he hid from Saul, presumably to repay them for the kindness David had received from them as he dwelt among them. Yet, it appears that God had a greater purpose, for as David was to go to Hebron soon, these gifts David gave surely brought David to the remembrance of the tribe of Judah, preparing them to consider to anoint David King over them, which we shall see later that they did. Selah [Do you see God working.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is 1 Samuel 29-30, 1 Corinthians 10, Ezekiel 8, Psalm 46-47

Tomorrow’s reading will be I Samuel 31, 1 Corinthians 11, Ezekiel 9, Psalm 48