A mosaic map of 6th century Jerusalem
A mosaic map of 6th century Jerusalem, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=53078 [retrieved July 2, 2021]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Madaba_Jerusalem_Mosaic.jpg.
Spiritual Practices: Keyword Listing
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
- David - Discover how David becomes king over all Israel
Spiritual Practices: Breath Prayer
Overview
David was anointed as the future king of Israel when he was a teenager. Now, at the age of 30, that promise finally is fulfilled. In the mean time, he has been hunted by Saul, chased by the Philistines, lived as an outlaw, suffered personal tragedy and loss, and spent the last seven years as king over Judah while being resisted by the rest of Israel. Yet, despite all of this, God still was faithful to his promise. No, at the age of 30, all of Israel comes to David. They remembered what he had done for them in the past, and they remembered God's promise to him. They came and asked him to be king over the entire nation.
We sometimes get impatient waiting for God. We think he has forgotten us or he is being incredibly slow in keeping his word, but the reality is that God has everything in his perfect time. Between the time that God had Samuel anoint David as the future king and when David was finally made king, God was preparing him, preparing the circumstances, and preparing the people. Everything happened in God's time, not in David's. In the same way, God works in our lives according to his perfect timing, not ours. This breath prayer is about trusting God's timing instead of pushing for our own.
Prayer
Abba Father, in your time
Overview
David was anointed as the future king of Israel when he was a teenager. Now, at the age of 30, that promise finally is fulfilled. In the mean time, he has been hunted by Saul, chased by the Philistines, lived as an outlaw, suffered personal tragedy and loss, and spent the last seven years as king over Judah while being resisted by the rest of Israel. Yet, despite all of this, God still was faithful to his promise. No, at the age of 30, all of Israel comes to David. They remembered what he had done for them in the past, and they remembered God's promise to him. They came and asked him to be king over the entire nation.
We sometimes get impatient waiting for God. We think he has forgotten us or he is being incredibly slow in keeping his word, but the reality is that God has everything in his perfect time. Between the time that God had Samuel anoint David as the future king and when David was finally made king, God was preparing him, preparing the circumstances, and preparing the people. Everything happened in God's time, not in David's. In the same way, God works in our lives according to his perfect timing, not ours. This breath prayer is about trusting God's timing instead of pushing for our own.
Prayer
Abba Father, in your time