(August 28, 2014)
I had
three thoughts through these chapters. The
first was the gory details of David’s warfare – hacking with saws and with
axes. It is hard to reconcile the fact
that the man who wrote many of the Psalms was also a man so prone to violence
and bloodshed. The second thought was
wondering again the significance of why numbering was wrong – I suppose it is
just that it is relying on the arm of flesh rather than the arm of the Lord.
Finally
the three curses – three years of suffering through natural causes, three
months by the cause of other men, and three days through direct intervention of
the Lord. I think that these
relationships are similar with blessings.
Right now I look at certain relationships that I would have healed, and
I realize that with time alone that healing could well take three years. With the intervention of certain men and women
working for the Lord’s purposes, that number could become three months. But the Lord is not so constrained – should He
so choose He could heal everything in three days.
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