SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/12/2022 10:45 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “The Sabbath Does Not Restrict Deeds of Necessity”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matt. 12:3-4
Message of the verses: “3 But He said to
them, "Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his
companions; 4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated
bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the
priests alone?”
I am thankful that I can study these verses as they
have always’ seemed to be an issue to me, even though I know that the Lord is
saying the truth here, but I have never just understood them like I should
have.
It
was known by the Pharisees who were asking questions to Jesus and his disciples
that David was a supreme hero of Judaism, and he was loved and honored even above
the patriarchs and prophets. David was
the great king, poet, and warrior, and they knew this. We see here that Jesus reminded the Pharisees
of a familiar story about David and “his companions” as they were fleeing for
their lives south of Gibeah in order to get away from Saul who was trying to
kill David over the fact that he was jealous of him, and he knew that God had
chosen David to be king. David and his
men arrive at Nob where there was a tabernacle located there, and so they asked
for some food. We see in this passage
that they were offered food, but the food was only to be eaten by the priests
as it was the consecrated bread of the Presence, and this was all they had for
them to eat.
This
bread of Presence was baked weekly, and then on each Sabbath twelve fresh
loaves were then replaced these one week old loaves which then could be eaten by
the priests. MacArthur writes “On that
particular occasion, however, and exception was made on behalf of David and his
men, who were weak from hunger. God was
not offended by that act, and He did not discipline either Ahimelech or David. The Lord was willing for a ceremonial
regulation to be violated when doing so was necessary to meet the needs of His
beloved people.
“If
God makes allowances for His own law to be broken under certain circumstances
for the welfare of His people, Jesus said, He surely permits purposeless and
foolish man-made traditions to be broken for that purpose.”
So
we see in this short section that God was more interested in helping David, in
order to keep him from starving to allow a law to be broken to keep him alive.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: God’s mercy is more important that the
keeping of this kind of law.
My Steps of Faith for Today: I trust that the Spirit of God will give
grace and wisdom to me as I continue to prepare my Sunday school lesson for
this upcoming Sunday.
1/12/2022 11:07 AM
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