Please read 2 Samuel 1:17-27.
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The Song of the Bow
Meditate on verse 24.
O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
David sang this funeral
dirge for Saul and Jonathan after
they were killed by the Philistines (1 Samuel
31). Saul spent the last years of his life hunting
and trying to kill David. David had every reason
to rejoice over his death, yet he
genuinely laments the loss of both his best
friend, Jonathan, and his archenemy,
Saul. What a powerful testimony to David not allowing
bitterness to overcome his thoughts
and emotions!
Bitterness is an incredibly destructive emotion. It defiles
you and keeps you from taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ
(Hebrews 12:15; 2 Corinthians 10:5). That is why God commands you to get rid of
it:
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor
and slander be put
away from you, along with all malice.
—Ephesians
4:31
Ask the LORD to search your heart for bitterness; let Him remove it, so you can speak about the mighty things God has done in your life and how He brought beauty out of difficulty (v. 19).
Use the last phrase
from this lament (2 Samuel 1:27b) to ask God to remove
the bitter thoughts that are warring in
your heart and mind.
“LORD, the weapons of war perished
with the deaths of
Saul and Jonathan.
Let the weapons of war of
my bitter thoughts and attitudes
perish as I surrender them to You.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The
WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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