MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 3/19/2026
9:37 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: “The
Background of the Davidic Covenant”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
1:69b
Message of the verse: “in the house of David His servant”
I have to say that this will be a
rather short SD, but the shortness of it does not matter, but what we find in
these words matters as we walk with the Lord.
From looking at some of the things
that Zacharias has said after the Lord allowed him to speak and to hear again
are very important and what he is saying tells us that he knew the Old
Testament, for that is all that he had to read and study at this time. He knew that the Old Testament clearly taught
that Messiah would be from the house of David. It was through the prophet Jeremiah we can
see that God said, “Behold, the days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘When I
will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act
wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land’’” (Jeremiah 23:5). Jeremiah 33:15 tells us that He repeated
that promise: “In those days and at
that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He
shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.” In addition, Isiah 11:1 and 10 speak of
Messiah as a descendant of David’s father, Jesse (cf. Romans 15:12), while
Psalm 132:17 refers to Messiah as the horn of David (“Mine anointed’ ; cf.
Ps. 2:2). Now I will quote all these
verses referenced above in the order that they were referenced to.
Isaiah 11:1 and 10
“1 ¶ There shall come forth a shoot from the stump
of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.”
“10
¶ In that day the root of Jesse, who
shall stand as a signal for the peoples— of him shall the nations inquire, and
his resting place shall be glorious.”
(cf. Romans 15:12)
“12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse
will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles
hope.’”
Psalm 132:17
“17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.”
(cf. Ps. 2:2-3)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed,
saying, 3 "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast
away their cords from us.’”
Now as I look at this section and the verses that
Zacharias is referring to it reminds me of what Jesus did after He was
resurrected from the dead and comes upon a couple of disciples, whom are not
really mentioned who they were, but He begins to talk to them about what the
Christ was to do, and this is one of those sermons that we don’t have the privilege
to hear or read. However I certainly
would have loved to be with these men as Jesus, in my opinion, goes through the
Old Testament telling things that speak of the Messiah and what He would
do. Perhaps He even used some of these
verses written above to show these men that the Messiah would have to die in
order to pay for the sins of the world, and then be resurrected from the dead
three days after His death.
John MacArthur writes “Zacharias
would also have known that Jesus’ mother, Mary, was of the line of David. She had stayed with him and Elizabeth for
three months and had undoubtedly told them of Gabriel’s promise to her ‘Behold,
you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him
Jesus. He will be great and will be
called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of
His father David.” (1:31-32). Since
she was a descendant of David, Mary passed the royal bloodline to Jesus.
“David, God’s servant (cf. 2
Sam. 3:18; 7:5, 8; 1 Kings 8:66; 11:13, 38; 14:8; Psalm 18:1; 36:1; 89:3; Jer.
33:21-22), the man after God’s own heart (1 Sam. 13:14), and the sweet
psalmist of Israel’ (2 Sam. 23:1), was arguably Israel’s greatest
king. The kingdom of Israel began under
his predecessor, Saul, and declined under his successor, Solomon, splitting shortly
after the latter’s death. It was the
fervent hope and expectation of the Jewish people that Messiah would fulfill
the Davidic covenant and restore the kingdom of Israel to its former glory.” I will now quote the verse references mentioned
in this paragraph in the order that they are mentioned.
(cf. 2 Sam. 3:18; 7:5, 8; 1 Kings 8:66;
11:13, 38; 14:8; Psalm 18:1; 36:1; 89:3; Jer. 33:21-22)
“18 Now then bring it about, for the LORD has
promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people
Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their
enemies.’"
5 "Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus
says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?”
“8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my
servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from
following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.”
“66 On the eighth day he sent the people away,
and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for
all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant and to Israel his
people.’
“13 However, I will not tear away all the
kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my
servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.’”
“38 And if you will listen to all that I command
you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and
will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to
you.”
“8 and tore the kingdom away from the house of
David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been like my servant David, who
kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which
was right in my eyes,”
“1
¶ «To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David,
the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on
the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from
the hand of Saul. He said:» I love you, O LORD, my strength.”
“1
¶ «To the choirmaster. Of David, the
servant of the LORD.» Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
there is no fear of God before his eyes.”
““3 You have said, "I have made a covenant
with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: 4 ’I will establish your offspring forever, and
build your throne for all generations.’" Selah
“21 then also my covenant with David my servant
may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my
covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and
the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of
David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me."
(1 Sam. 13:14)
“14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The
LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him
to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded
you."
(2 Sam. 23:1)
1 ¶ Now these are the last words of David: The
oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on
high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:”
So much for a short SD as there were
many verses in it and so I thought it best to copy and paste them into this SD.
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: Trust the Lord with what He wants
me to do, and I believe that writing these Spiritual Diaries is one of the
things that He has called me to do.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trust the Lord to continue to use the doctors
and medicines that she is giving to my wife to help her defeat the cancer in
her body.
3/19/2026
10:26 AM
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