April 13

David’s Kingdom is in jeopardy because of his son Absalom. The Lord will deliver David, but not until David is exiled from His own city to the desert. His response to this whole thing is interesting isn’t it? Even with the man who was cursing him. What happened to the warrior? I think I know.

First of all David didn’t know what was going on in his own household. Second, he did nothing to his son who raped his daughter after he himself set it up (unknowingly). Third, he did nothing to the son who killed his son. Somehow David went limp. Maybe it was too long without a war, I don’t know.

What I do know is that I must be aware of the state of my house, which for me extends to the church I serve. Keeping it in the realm of the Miller Tribe, I must give retribution for the wrongs or suffer the consequences. I must deal with things and not pretend they don’t exist. Even in my own life I have to take care of the sin that creeps into my life and kill it! If I don’t, one day, it may very well rule me. One day I may find myself in the desert and wonder why. One of the answers may be my lesson today – I let something that I should have killed live, and now I am in the desert crying out to the Lord.