2 Samuel 17:1-29, John 19:23-42, Psalm 119:129-152, Proverbs 16:12-13
Today is the 31st day of May, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. Can you believe it, we have made it to the end of five consecutive months and as we complete today’s reading, we can celebrate that, the conclusion of five consecutive months together, day-by-day, step-by-step and what a journey it has been. And as we reach this conclusion of five months, we are still working our way through the Book of second Samuel and well into the reign of King David’s life. Of course, David’s reign has problems at this point and it’s very unclear what’s going to happen to David. His son Absalom has initiated a que and is in the process of taking over and there is obviously tremendous unrest in the land. So, we are reading from the New Living Translation this week and picking up where we left off yesterday, second Samuel chapter 17.
Commentary:
Okay so, in the book of second Samuel, it’s pretty clear that Israel is upside down right now, like there’s a takeover happening, and the people are confused and alliances are confusing and conspiracy is everywhere, as Absalom attempts to secure his alliances and firmly grasp control of the kingdom of Israel, while David is on the run. And David is sort of like target number one, even in the advice that is given to him. It’s like this is the only like, if you can kill the king, everyone will come to your alliance, everyone will be loyal to you, you will be the king, there won’t be divided loyalties, King David will be dead. I mean the enmity between father and son, for this conversation to even be happening, is crazy. Absalom wants his father dead. Although, David doesn’t seem to feel the same way about Absalom. We are clearly in a period of unrest and we will have to watch it unfold before us as the days go by, we read step-by-step through this story.
Then in the Gospel of John, and we are just a couple of days away from concluding the Gospel of John, we are once again at the cross and this is the last time, at least in the narrative of the Gospels, we get to stand here and consider this sacrifice, this injustice, this awful scene that sets us free. And in John’s Gospel we have the telling of Jesus mother Mary, being there at the foot of the cross with a couple of other female followers of Jesus. And while Jesus is still alive, dying while hanging being crucified, He protects his mother. He looks at the disciple that He loves, people associate this with John and essentially says this is your mom now and you take care of her and he says to his mom, this is your son. And so, it’s clear that Jesus is protecting and caring for His mother before He dies. And then we witness Jesus saying - it is finished. And then He dies. On some levels, it’s like gratefully, this is the last time this year we passed this way. But in another, it’s like, this is something that reminds us of how we got here. This has shaped our very lives and so it’s something to be considered every day, but let’s at least take the time, as we close this fifth month of the year and prepare to move into the sixth month of the year, let’s meditate one more time on Jesus life and beauty of who He was, and the good news that He brought forth into the world and the healing touch, and all of that led to this cross and our ultimate redemption. Let’s meditate upon this today, as we close this fifth month and move forward together.
Prayer:
So, Jesus, we are grateful whatever word we would choose to describe humble gratitude, the words in any language wouldn’t be adequate, it is our lives, lived after the fashion that You modeled for us this is our daily sacrifice. This is our true gratitude, when we follow in Your footsteps, part of that is speaking
it out loud, we are grateful, we are beyond grateful, we are humbled beyond what our vocabularies can say, thank You for rescuing us and modeling life for us. Help us Holy Spirit to live this life that You have given us, a life of freedom. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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Prayer and Encouragements:
Will be posted later this evening.