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Christian Devotional – February 4, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 34 God fulfills His plan, in His time. Read 2 Samuel chapter 3. When we read through this chapter, we see continued ways in which God is moving and working and setting things up so that David would be king. But, it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes several years and lots of time before David realizes the fulfillment of the promise that God made to him person. Often, when God makes a promise to us, we expect immediate action and immediate results. We have grown up in a society and a culture where we are frustrated by waiting. Waiting seems bad. When in actuality, waiting…
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Christian Devotional – February 3, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 33 David’s continued respect for Saul. Read 2 Samuel chapter 2. David continues to demonstrate what it means to respect what the Lord has annointed. He shows kindness to those who have been kind to Saul, the annointed of the Lord. How do we treat others? How do we treat those who have been mean to us? We can respect all that God does through people and be showing respect to God, even if the people have been mean to us. David gives us the example.
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Christian Devotional – February 2, 2023
The God who Hears, Day 32 When your adversary is defeated, how do you respond? Read 2 Samuel chapter 1. David receives word that Saul has been killed. There has been a major battle and Israel has been defeated. During the course of this battle, Saul and his sons are all killed. David receives word of this and responds in a way that is different than most of us would probably respond if we learned of the death of our adversary. David laments and mourns Saul. I wonder whether David actually ever considered Saul and adversary? Certainly, there are plenty of reasons to think that since Saul was constantly trying…