Day3
Week3
2 Samuel
”Now may your hands be strong and may you be courageous, since your Lord Saul is dead and the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.” However, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Saul, had taken Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. He installed him as king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, over Israel in its entirety. Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he ruled for two years. However, the house of Judah followed David. The length of time during which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.“
2 Samuel 2:7-11 MEV
Cross references
1 Samuel 14:50;
Genesis 32:2;
1 Kings 2:11
A Wrinkle In The Ointment
David has been made King in Hebron and all is well, until it isn’t.
There is a wrinkle in the ointment.
Abner, Saul’s commanding officer has ambitions of his own. It turns out that “all” of Saul’s sons are not dead.
All of his sons that were with him on the particular battlefield that he was on that day were killed, but not all of them were killed.
Thus, a civil war breaks out between northern Israel and southern or Judah.
Have you ever found a wrinkle in the ointment in your life?
We seem to have it all worked out, everything is going according to plan and all of a sudden a wrinkle shows up. Maybe your child wakes up sick with fever or you run into a detour on your way to work or the refrigerator breaks down and there goes your savings….
God’s plan is not always a smooth path. Wrinkles seem to be a big part of our lives and how good we are with an iron seems to make all the difference.
Who uses an iron these days? LOL!
We can learn a lot by looking at how David ironed out the challenges that he faced.
Can anyone say humility and patience?
God’s timing is perfect and unfortunately, usually involves an iron.
Action Step
Who needs a lesson on ironing?
”Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.“
Psalms 23:4-5 MEV
Even when we go through hard times, God is there with us.
Close your eyes and ask God to show you where He was in a recent difficult situation.
When you’re ready, bring your requests to God.
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