Daily reading
Today’s reading is: 1 Sam. 22:1-23:12; 1 Chr. 12:8-18; Psa. 52; 57; 142
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1st Samuel Chapter Twenty-Two
- David’s return to Israel was also a family reunion (1st Sam. 22:1).
- David’s return to Israel was a subject of hope for many who were afflicted by Saul’s unrighteous reign (1st Sam. 22:2 cf. Jdg. 11:3; Prov. 28:12,28; 29:2; Amos 5:13).
- David secured his family’s care, and then kept himself in the geographic will of God (1st Sam. 22:3-5). Family connections in Moab via Ruth?
- Saul hears of David’s return to Israel, and accuses his entire staff of a conspiracy with his enemy (1st Sam. 22:6-8). Nobody cares! Nobody is sorry for me!
- Doeg proves his carnal allegiance to Saul by exposing the role Ahimelech played in David’s escape (1st Sam. 22:9,10).
- Saul summons the house of Ahimelech for trial (1st Sam. 22:11-16).
- The charge is conspiracy and treason.
- The guilt is presupposed.
- Ahimelech knows nothing about a conspiracy, and testifies to the righteousness of David.
- Saul orders the priests’ execution, and Doeg is willing to carry it out (1st Sam. 22:17-19).
- Abiathar escapes the massacre, and arrives safely into David’s company (1st Sam. 22:20-23).
1st Samuel Chapter Twenty-Three
- David is notified of a Philistine raid on the Judean city of Keilah (1st Sam. 23:1).
- King Saul is doing nothing about the raid.
- The people of Judah are looking for leadership.
- David inquires of the Lord, and receives his instructions to deliver Keilah (1st Sam. 23:2).
- David’s men, however, are not privy to the Lord’s instructions, and are in need of encouragement (1st Sam. 23:3), so David inquires a second time of the Lord for the benefit of his followers (1st Sam. 23:4).
- The Lord provided for victory, as promised (1st Sam. 23:5).
- At this time, Abiathar arrives from Nob, with the High Priest’s ephod in hand (1st Sam. 23:6). David now has a second witness to the Lord’s leading, while Saul is being deprived of Divine witnesses (see 1st Sam. 28:6).
- Saul (with human observation) sees David in a trap (Keilah), and moves his armies to surround the city (1st Sam. 23:7,8).
- David, by prophetic knowledge, knows what Saul intends, and verifies it through priestly revelation in a public manner (1st Sam. 23:9-12).
(Chapter Twenty-Three continues tomorrow)
1st Chronicles Chapter Twelve
(Outline anachronistically disjointed, with 1st Chr. 12:1-7,19 not presented until Day 112)
- Men joined him in the wilderness strongholds (1st Chr. 12:8-18; 1st Sam. 22:2; 23:14). Considered to be in distress, in debt, and discontent, these men are actually great heroes.
(Chapter Twelve outline continues on Day 113 and Day 116)
Psalm Fifty-Two
- Psalm 52 is David’s rebuke of Doeg the Edomite in the human realm but also a rebuke of Satan in the angelic realm.
- Numerous passages of Scripture span the human/angel spectrum (e.g. Isa. 14; Ezek. 28). This text features repeated allusions to Satanic motifs: boasting, evil, might, destruction, deceit (repeatedly), the eternal object lesson, the presence of godly ones.
- Psalm 52 is a sad Psalm, because the evil man is uprooted (Ps. 52:5), when he could have been a tree firmly planted (Ps. 52:8,9; 1:3).
Psalm Fifty-Seven
- This psalm is David’s plea to God for grace upon grace (Ps. 57:1).
- This psalm is David’s praise to God for His faithful answers to prayer (Ps. 57:2,3).
- David enjoys the Lord’s glory even in the midst of angelic conflict (Ps. 57:4-6).
- David concludes with an orchestra of praise (Ps. 57:7-11).
Psalm One Hundred Forty-Two
- Believers may come to the point of an overwhelmed soul (Ps. 142:3,6).
- The answer in these troubled times is a fervent, effective prayer life (Ps. 142:1,2,5).
- God’s motivation to deliver the believer is for the further glorification of His holy name (Ps. 142:7).