2009 – Day 144.May 25 – A Legacy

2009 – Day 144.May 25 – A Legacy

Passage of the Day: 1st Chronicles 29: 10 – 13 … Link for entire Chapter 29 for passage study in context ...

My Journal for Today: Well, today we close out our study in the life of David; and we read of the close of his life and the legacy he passed on to his people, … God’s chosen ones. And to punctuate his life, our focus passage today is a prayer, which emphasizes praise, which was probably David’s greatest legacy, … that he would humbly and openly praise His God and the people’s Lord in spite of all the foibles and failures in his life; and we have definitely written about those in these past few weeks.

David’s life has taught all believers a number of lessons about life, those lessons becoming our legacy by letting God’s word, which has chronicled David’s life, teach us how we should or should not live. As Chuck Swindoll puts it in his devotional for today:

”What lessons can we learn from such a man? We learn hope, in spite of his humanity. We learn courage, even in the midst of his own fear. We learn encouragement and praise in the songs that grew out of his hours of despair. We learn forgiveness in his dark moments of sin. And we learn the value of serving the purpose of God in our own generation, even though all our dreams may not be fulfilled.”

And I join Swindoll to thank God for inspiring and teaching us from the life of this shepherd boy warrior turned failing king, who ultimately showed the world the power and value which comes from humility and surrender to God. From David’s life, as Swindoll also writes, we can declare, ”… thank You, Father, for using us though we are weak, forgiving us when we fail, and loving us through all the Sauls and Goliaths and Jonathans and Abigails and Bathshebas and Absaloms and Joabs and Solomons of our lives. Thank you for showing us that we can be people like David … people of passion and destiny.”

And to that I would humbly add that I thank God for sharing David’s life with us so that we can realize that we, in spite of all of our foibles, faults, and failures, can become PEOPLE AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART!

My Prayer for Today: Thank You, Lord, for the life lessons You have imparted into the life of any believer who might see them from David’s pursuit of Your heart. Amen

And a Post Script of devotion: Tomorrow we move on to another life study into the a man Swindoll refers to as … Elijah, A Man of Heroism and Humility