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

Psalms 6: 1

O Lord do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

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

We, the bride, the church should be careful never to arouse the anger of God.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that we, the bride, the church should be as a steadfast witness for the Lord.

Next what we are meditating upon is that

2 Samuel 24: 1, 2

Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

When we meditate upon the above-mentioned verses, again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.”

Then Joab in

2 Samuel 24: 3

And Joab said to the king, “Now may the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?”

The above-mentioned words though Joab said them nevertheless the King’s words prevailed. Therefore Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel. Then in

2 Samuel 24: 5 – 8

And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the ravine of Gad, and toward Jazer. 

Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon; 

and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to South Judah as far as Beersheba. 

So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

After going through the above-mentioned land they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

My dear people, when we meditate upon this because the soul of David was moved to number Israel and Judah, so the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel and Judah. Therefore they could take part in the worship of the Lord till they returned. Therefore till those days their spiritual life was lost. In this manner, let us be careful so that the anger of the Lord does not come upon us. Let us submit ourselves.

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

       - To be continued