Devotion - Wednesday, April 10

We concluded our study of I & II Samuel this week.  When the group asked to study these books, I was a bit doubtful.  But it proved to be a great experience, and one from which we learned much.

These books of the Old Testament expose us to the establishment of the Davidic Kingdom.  David is not Israel's first king; nor is he the one under whom Israel reaches its peak.  But to David the promise is given that God will establish a never-ending dynasty.

We are too easily lulled into thinking that God's faithfulness is tempered by our own.  We are too quick to fear that our lack of being consistent means that God won't be - either.  But this is not the story of the Bible.  God makes promises and holds to them.

In I & II Samuel we are allowed to see David as a real person.  He has his good points; he does some things which are clearly not pleasing to God.  But, regardless of how David acts, God is faithful and never does God withhold his promise.

The same God promises us to love us and accept us and claim us.  Nothing - nothing - can temper that or call it into question.