“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Psalms 38: 21

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

In us, the bride, the church the throne of the Lord should be established in righteousness and justice.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that in us, the bride, the church the throne of the Lord should be established.

Next what we are meditating upon is that

2 Samuel 15: 25 – 37

Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place. 

But if He says thus: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.” 

The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 

See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 

Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up. 

Then someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. 

David said to him, “If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me. 

But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me. 

And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 

Indeed they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send me everything you hear.”

So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place. But if the Lord says thus: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.” The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there. So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up. Then someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!” Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. David said to him, “If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me. But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me. And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. Indeed they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send me everything you hear.” So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

My dear people, the explanation regarding what is mentioned above is as a pattern that to prevent our Lord Jesus Christ to be seated on the throne of David, the devil will make many wicked schemes and when he pulls the people to his side David is climbing up to the Mount of Olives means in our life we must always be careful and in our soul we must not give place to the cunning devil and we must walk wisely. Also, we must think regarding how David is walking. That is, he is sending the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the priests and only he is climbing the mountain and we can see this. This is because the ark of the covenant of the Lord means his words should always be within us. But our soul should always be in Mount Olives, which is the presence of our Father (Christ). Then the guidance that God gives us will be blessed. Also, if we will yield to the will of the Lord his throne will be filled with righteousness. Let us submit ourselves to walk in this manner every day.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

       - To be continued