Please read 2 Samuel 16.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/2sa/16/1/s_283001
Meditate on verse 12.
Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction
and return good to me instead of
his cursing this day.
Things went from bad to worse for David. Not only
had Absalom betrayed David, but he was told that Mephibosheth also hoped to
usurp the throne. David was cursed and stoned by Saul’s relative, Shimei, and
his friend, Hushai, traitorously pledged his loyalty to Absalom. The chapter
ends with Absalom having sex with his father’s concubines on the roof of
David’s house “in the sight of all Israel” (v. 22).
Perhaps it was on this horrific day that David wrote:
O LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me.
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.”
But You, O LORD, are a shield
about me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
I will not be afraid of ten
thousands of people
who have set themselves against me round about.
—Psalm 3:1-3, 6
Hopefully your day is not as bad as David’s, but be
encouraged even if it is, and pray Psalm 3:3 and 2 Samuel 16:12 over yourself
and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah
62:6-7).
“You, O LORD, are a shield about _________ and me,
our glory and the One who lifts
our head.
Please look on our affliction
and return good to us instead of
cursing this day.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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