ERCC DEVOTIONAL (TEKAN) DAILY SPIRITUAL DIET MONDAY 31ST JULY, 2023
TEXT: 1 KINGS 2: 1-10
SPIRITUAL FOCUS: LEADERSHIP IS NOT EASY.
In the study we are shown the time of David's death. So, he encouraged Solomon in his farewell speech. Being a God-fearing man, he reminded his son of the promise the Lord had made that if he (David) and his sons watch their lives before Him, they would not "lose a man to the throne of Israel" (vs. 4).
Like David, Solomon walked right before the Lord. It is good to heed this warning. Every leader who follows this advice and promise is on the path to God's blessings. David's counsel and advice to his son really helped him in difficult situations.
His judged those who would be stumbling blocks on his way way to success fair judgment; and he show kindness to those who deserve it. The best thing that any leader should do is to show kindness to everyone that the Lord has placed him over them without discrimination. Unfortunately, today there are leaders who do not have the fear of God in their hearts. Their aim is to seize power, oppress and betray the poor.
They have forgotten that God has appointed them as leaders, not because of their righteousness. Leaders who have this attitude forget that God sees everything they do. He has the power to remove any of them at His will. For this reason, you leader should be careful.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: God is not a hypocrite.
PRAYER: Lord God, help me to beseech You to be kind to all people in the name of Christ Jesus, Amen.
Chapter 2: 1-10 (AMP).
1 When David’s time to die was near, he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I go the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man;
3 Keep the charge of the Lord your God, walk in His ways, keep His statutes, His commandments, His precepts, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may do wisely and prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,
4 That the Lord may fulfill His promise to me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and mind and with all their soul, there shall not fail you [to have] a man on the throne of Israel.
5 You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet.
6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, but let not his hoary head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace.
7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such kindness they met me when I fled because of Absalom your brother.
8 And you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
9 So do not hold him guiltless; for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him. His hoary head bring down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
