1 Samuel 21
Devotional:
“The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. (I Samuel 21:2)
“Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” This statement from Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmin is true – lies beget more lies. David is in a tough spot. He’s a fugitive, he’s hungry, and he doesn’t know whom he can trust. He chooses to sin. And just like us when we take our focus off the Provider of all things in the midst of a predicament, we tend to manipulate systems and situations for our benefit. The outcomes leave us wanting and typically wound in a mess of our own accord. The good news still remains: there is power and beauty in confession, not the obligatory, flippant, “sorry,” but the gut-wrenching, owning of our willful disobedience. A contrite heart is a broken heart. Today, check your heart. Let it be broken in repentance. God is the master rebuilder of cracked-up hearts.
“The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. (I Samuel 21:2)
“Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” This statement from Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmin is true – lies beget more lies. David is in a tough spot. He’s a fugitive, he’s hungry, and he doesn’t know whom he can trust. He chooses to sin. And just like us when we take our focus off the Provider of all things in the midst of a predicament, we tend to manipulate systems and situations for our benefit. The outcomes leave us wanting and typically wound in a mess of our own accord. The good news still remains: there is power and beauty in confession, not the obligatory, flippant, “sorry,” but the gut-wrenching, owning of our willful disobedience. A contrite heart is a broken heart. Today, check your heart. Let it be broken in repentance. God is the master rebuilder of cracked-up hearts.
Pray it:
Father, forgive me for the lies that I tell others and tell myself. Help me to be a person who seeks, spreads and stands upon the truth at all times as pursuing the truth draws me closer to you. Amen.
Father, forgive me for the lies that I tell others and tell myself. Help me to be a person who seeks, spreads and stands upon the truth at all times as pursuing the truth draws me closer to you. Amen.
Share it:
Who is someone you can share a verse or thought from this passage with?
Who is someone you can share a verse or thought from this passage with?
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