102 - "Life Can Be Too Large" 2 Samuel 3-5

How do we tackle the work of our hands.

How do we see that life is a little too grand.

Row upon row, we shuffle hard each day.

Line upon line, may it be about Love, His Way.

David experienced some close moments dodging death at the hands of Saul.
 He was young.  He was fresh.  He was willing to wait on God.  30 years old.  He becomes king.  Poised to lead and speak to evil.  II Samuel 5:23 ~ Quick to inquire of the the LORD.  And God was with David.  40 more years he reigned. 

"If you get the story wrong, your response will be wrong.  And if you get the story of the world wrong---if, for example, you see life here as mainly about self-actualization and self-fulfillment rather than the love of God---you will get your life responses wrong, including the way you go about your work."  Tim Keller.

  David saw that his work was about the love of God!  He was willing to put the self-fulfillment on the back burner and dodge the bullets of God's anointed, Saul, in a most honorable way, leading him to this reign as king.  His brutal message to those who wronged God is both chilling and white-hot.   May we go about our work this day out of the Love of God, not what's in it for us.  May God override all we do.

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