The books of Chronicles summarize the whole old testament, starting with a long genealogy. So, we are back to the time when David was king. In Chapter 11 verse 17, David asks for a drink of water and three men risk their lives to go out into the camp of the enemy (The Philistines) and bring David a drink of water. They are successful but in verse 19 David refuses to drink it because the men put their lives at risk just for him and he felt that was wrong. This shows that David has some character traits like maybe humility and possibly integrity. David cares about his people and he cares where the water came from and how it was obtained. So he denied himself the water.
We can learn a lesson from this- if someone steals something and then offers it as a gift to us, we shouldn’t accept it. Or is someone is making a great deal of sacrifice to meet our needs, perhaps we should refuse. Like David, we should care about the gifts we receive, who is gifting? How did they obtain the item? Did they go through an unnecessary amount of pain and suffering in order to meet our needs?
The Bible says that Jesus was “like David” and that we should try to be like Jesus, so therefore we should try to be like David as well and that may mean increasing our humility and integrity.
Today I’m offering my worries up to the Lord. I am feeling stressed out and worried about quite a few personal problems but I know I can put my trust in God. So rather than be worried, I’m praying and trusting in God to take care of everything. He knows my needs and wants, and He promises to take care of them so I’m believing in Him to fulfill his promise. Amen.
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