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February 13 - 1 Samuel 29 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  How life friends, it's shown here it is Tuesday, it is the
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  13th of February and it feels a little bit like a Monday because
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  in my part of the world it was a public holiday yesterday.
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  So today the Monday morning Blues are a hoyed everywhere and
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  people are dragging themselves out of bed.
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  Ah, good work everyone, we can do it.
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  And for those of you who had productive Mondays yesterday,
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  thank you for keeping the world turning while we enjoyed Hobart
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  Regatta Day. And I'm sure very few of us
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  actually celebrated the Hobart Regatta, but that's OK.
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  Public holidays are for everyone, not just those who
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  like boats. But all that aside, I have also
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  got a little bit more of a spacious month ahead as well.
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  I thought I was going to be heading off to my Army base camp
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  training, but that has been pushed back by about, I reckon
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  nine months, nine months. So that's at the end of the year
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  now. So I don't need to be doing 5K
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  runs every morning and pushups and sit ups and pull-ups.
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  I can go easy and have a bit more of a gentlemanly stroll
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  into higher levels of fitness rather than an insane schedule
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  of preparation. Ha.
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  But all that aside, let us go back to the story that we are
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  continuing through as we are now in the third last reading of the
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  book of First Samuel and today. It's all just too much for the
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  poor philistine commanders who just can't quite trust that
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  David isn't going to turn around and kill them on the
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  battlefields. So let us read this story
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  together as we read together. First Samuel, Chapter 29.
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  The entire Philistine army, now mobilised at Aflac and the
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  Israelites, camped at the springs of Jezreel as the
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  Philistine rulers were leading out their troops in groups of
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  hundreds and thousands. David and his men marched at the
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  rear with King Akish, but the Philistine commanders demanded,
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  What are these Hebrews doing here?
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  And Akash told them, this is David, the servant of King Saul
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  of Israel. He's been with me for years, and
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  I've never found a single fault in him from the day he arrived
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  until today. But the Philistine commanders
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  were angry. Send him back to the town you've
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  given him, they demanded. He can't go into the battle with
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  us. What if he turns against us in
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  battle and becomes our adversary?
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  Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his
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  master than by handing our heads over to him?
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  Isn't this the same David about whom the women of Israel sing in
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  their dances? Saul has killed his thousands
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  and David his ten thousands. So Akash finally summoned David
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  and said to him, I swear by the Lord that you have been a
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  trustworthy ally. I think you should go with me
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  into battle, for I've never found a single flaw in you from
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  the day you arrived until today. But the other Philistine rulers
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  won't hear of it. Please don't upset them, but go
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  back quietly. What have you ever found in your
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  servant that I can't go and fight the enemies of my Lord the
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  king? But Akish insisted.
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  As far as I'm concerned, you're as perfect as an Angel of God,
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  but the Philistine commanders are afraid to have you with them
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  in the battle. Now get up early in the morning
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  and leave with your men as soon as it gets light.
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  Sir David and his men headed back into the land of the
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  Philistines while the Philistine army went on to Jezreel.
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  Lord, you take reliability to a whole new level here.
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  We are doing our best to be reliable and the thing that is
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  just so mind blowing about the way that you are with us is that
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  when you say something, we just are able to believe it.
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  We can bet the farm because we know that you are true to your
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  word because you are the same yesterday, today and tomorrow
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  throughout all time. The things that you say today,
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  it's as though you're saying it again in 10,000 years time
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  because you are unchanging. Thank you, Lord, for the way
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  that you bring grace and forgiveness and light and life
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  into our lives, not just once, but consistently, again and
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  again. And even though we failed you
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  and we don't deserve it, you continue to be trustworthy and
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  faithful, ever consistent and ever reliable.
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  We just make you the foundation of our life, that every day when
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  we rise and go about our daily tasks, we do this with a
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  surefire knowledge that you are unchanging and you are for us.
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  We love you and we praise you, and we pray all of this in the
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  name of Jesus. I'm in.