Today, our Bible reading plan covers 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, and then Psalms 30, 97-99. We'll see a loving parent setting their child up to worship the Lord. We'll also have confirmation that though His anger is for a moment, God's favor is for a lifetime. How clearly is that displayed in the life of David?! Our first narrative for today displays one of the most controversial differences in scripture, but it's by no means a discrepancy! See this article from "Desiring God" for more clarity. Who Causes Your Suffering?

Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21-22, and Psalm 30, 97-99

Scripture Read or Referenced:

2 Samuel 24:1

1 Chronicles 21:1-28

1 Chronicles 22:5-19

Psalm 30:4-5, 10-12

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Commentaries Most Referenced: Moody Commentary, MacArthur Commentary, Spurgeon's Treasury of David

Welcome to The Dwelling Place from Entrusted Ministries.

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I'm Stephanie Hickox.

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Today, our Bible reading plan covers

Second Samuel twenty-four, First

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Chronicles twenty-one and twenty-two,

and then Psalms thirty, ninety-seven,

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ninety-eight, and ninety-nine.

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We'll see a loving parent setting

their child up to worship the Lord.

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Today, We'll also have confirmation

that though His anger is for a

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moment, God's favor is for a lifetime.

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Our first narrative for today

displays one of the most controversial

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differences in scripture, but

it's by no means a discrepancy

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second Samuel twenty-four begins, " And

the anger of the Lord was kindled against

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Israel, and He incited David against them,

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Now I'll read the full account

from First Chronicles twenty-one.

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Listen for the different

description it begins with

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Steph: "Then Satan stood against Israel

and incited David to number Israel.

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So David said to Joab and the commanders

of the army, ' Go, number Israel

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from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a

report that I may know their number.'

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But Joab said, ' May the Lord

add to His people a hundred

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times as many as they are.

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Are they not, my lord the king,

all of them my lord's servants?

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Why then should my lord require this?

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why should it be a cause

of guilt for Israel?'

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But the king's word prevailed against

Joab" but God was displeased with

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this thing, and he struck Israel.

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And David said to God, " I have sinned

greatly in that I have done this thing.

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But now, please take away the

iniquity of your servant, for

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I have acted very foolishly."

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And the Lord spoke to Gad, David's seer,

saying, " Go and say to David, ' Thus says

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the Lord: Three things I offer you; choose

one of them, that I may do it to you.'"

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So Gad came to David and said to him,

" Thus says the Lord: Choose what you

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will, either three years of famine, or

three months of devastation by your foes,

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while the sword of your enemies overtakes

you, or else three days of the sword

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of the Lord, pestilence on the land,

with the angel of the Lord destroying

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throughout all the territory of Israel.

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Now decide what answer I shall

return to him who sent me."

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Then David said to Gad, " I

am in great distress.

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Let me fall into the hand of the Lord,

for his mercy is very great; but do

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not let me fall into the hand of man."

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So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel,

and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

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And God sent the angel to

Jerusalem to destroy it.

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but as he was about to destroy

it, the Lord saw, and he

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relented from the calamity.

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And he said to the angel who was

working destruction, " It is enough.

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Now stay your hand."

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And the angel of the Lord was standing by

the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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And David lifted his eyes and saw the

angel of the Lord standing between earth

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and heaven, and in his hand a drawn

sword stretched out over Jerusalem.

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Then David and the elders, clothed

in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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And David said to God, " Was it not I

who gave command to number the people?

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It is I who have sinned

and done great evil.

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But these sheep, what have they done?

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Please let your hand, O Lord my God, be

against me and my father's house, but do

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not let the plague be on your people."

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Now the angel of the Lord had commanded

Gad to say to David that David should go

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up and raise an altar to the Lord on the

threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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So David went up at God's word, which

he had spoken in the name of the Lord.

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Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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He turned and saw the angel, and his four

sons who were with him hid themselves.

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As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked

and saw David and went out from the

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threshing floor and paid homage to

David with his face to the ground.

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And David said to Ornan, " Give me

the site of the threshing floor, that

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I may build it on an altar to the Lord.

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Give it to me at its full price, that the

plague may be averted from the people."

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Then Ornan said to David, " Take

it, and let my lord the king

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do what seems good to him.

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See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings,

and the threshing sledges for the wood,

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and the wheat for a grain offering.

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I give it all."

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But King David said to Ornan, "No, but

I will buy them for the full price.

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I will not take for the Lord

what is yours, nor offer burnt

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offerings that cost me nothing."

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So David paid Ornan six hundred

shekels of gold by weight for the site.

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And David built there an altar to the

Lord and presented burnt offerings and

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peace offerings, and called on the Lord.

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And the Lord answered

him with fire from heaven

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Speaker 52: is David being

punished for doing math?

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At first it might seem so, but if you

recall in Psalm 27, " Some trust in

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chariots, some in horses, but we trust

in the name of the Lord our God."

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The word doesn't give us the exact

reason that David was sinning, but

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it's likely he was building up pride

or confidence in his military rather

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than in the strength of the Lord.

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But It's clear he knew he

had sinful motivations.

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There's a lot of debate over the fact

that both God and Satan incited David

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to carry out the sin, but it's not a

contradiction because though God does

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not cause sin, in his sovereignty, he can

use even Satan's actions to bring about

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good for his children, and that means

you and I never need to fear the enemy.

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I'll link a great article

about this in the show notes.

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Did it strike you that Joab

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Mr.

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Rash, Impulsive, Avenger of Blood himself

was the one confronting David's sin?

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David doesn't listen, and

Joab submits to his authority.

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The people of Israel

face severe consequences.

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It's as though God is saying, "You

wanna count how many you have?

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Well, I'm gonna wipe out

some of your confidence."

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But in God's faithfulness, he uses

David's sin to pave the way for Jerusalem

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to be the location of the new temple.

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This location of Ornan the Jebusite

becomes the future location of Solomon's

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temple, also one day of Herod's temple,

and most importantly, it's where Jesus

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sacrificed to cover all of our sin.

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Tradition also tells us that this is

where the Lord did not allow Abraham

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to sacrifice his son, but promised

God Himself would send His Son.

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First Chronicles calls this worshiper

of Yahweh Ornan because it reveals

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that even though he wasn't an

Israelite, he was following the God of

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scripture, and that's his Hebrew name.

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David tells him I won't give to the

Lord what I didn't sacrifice to provide.

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Sometimes our faith costs something.

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And we can train our kids that we don't

worship the God of the Bible because

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it's easy, but because He's worthy.

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Steph: Now let's turn to First

Chronicles chapter twenty-two,

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beginning in verse five.

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For David said, " Solomon my son

is young and inexperienced, and the

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house that is to be built for the Lord

must be exceedingly magnificent, of

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fame and glory throughout the lands.

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I will therefore make preparation for it."

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So David provided materials in

great quantity before his death.

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Then he called for Solomon his son

and charged him to build a house

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for the Lord, the God of Israel.

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David said to Solomon, " My son, I

had it in my heart to build a house

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to the name of the Lord my God.

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But the word of the Lord came to

me saying, ' You have shed much

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blood and have waged great wars.

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You shall not build

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Speaker 45: a house to my name

because you have shed so much

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blood before me on the earth.

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Behold, a son shall be born to

you who shall be a man of rest.

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I will give him rest from all his

surrounding enemies, for his name

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shall be Solomon, and I will give

peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

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He shall build a house for my name.

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He shall be my son, and I will be

his father, and I will establish

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his royal throne in Israel forever.

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Steph: Now, my son, the Lord be

with you so that you may succeed in

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building the house of the Lord your

God as he has spoken concerning you.

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Only may the Lord grant you discretion

and understanding that when he gives

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you charge over Israel, you may

keep the law of the Lord your God.

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Then you will prosper if you are careful

to observe the statutes and the rules

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that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel.

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Be strong and courageous.

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Fear not.

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Do not be dismayed.

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With great pains, I have provided for the

house of the Lord one hundred thousand

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talents of gold, A million talents

of silver and bronze and iron beyond

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weighing, for there is so much of it,

timber and stone too I have provided.

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To these you must add.

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You have an abundance of workmen,

stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all

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kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled

in working gold, silver, bronze, and iron.

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Arise and work.

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The Lord be with you.

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David also commanded all the leaders of

Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

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Is not the Lord your God with you?

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And has he not given

you peace on every side?

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For he has delivered the inhabitants

of the land hand, and the land is

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subdued before the Lord and his people.

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Now set your mind and heart

to seek the Lord your God.

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Arise and build the sanctuary of

the Lord God, so that the ark of the

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covenant of the Lord and his holy

vessels of God may be brought into a

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house built for the name of the Lord.

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David's fatherhood includes grievous

failures, but here is a father

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setting his son up for success.

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With great pains, even though David

isn't the one to build the temple, he

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has provided his son with everything

he needs to do the work of the Lord.

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He didn't do it for him.

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Solomon will still have

a lot of work to do.

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But David has eliminated nearly every

barrier to his son's faithfulness.

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And the weights of these

precious metals will astound you.

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The amount of gold would convert to

about three thousand seven hundred

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and fifty tons, and the silver

thirty-seven thousand five hundred tons.

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Instead of wallowing in

his sin and failures,

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david rejoices in the God who

is his Savior and paves the

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way for God to be glorified.

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Even if it takes great pains, Let's

pave the way for our kids to honor Him

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Psalm 30 Encourages us, sing praises

to the Lord, O you his saints,

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and give thanks to his holy name.

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For his anger is but for a moment,

and his favor is for a lifetime.

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Weeping may tarry for the night,

but joy comes with the morning.

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You have turned for me

my mourning into dancing.

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You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed

me with gladness, that my glory may

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sing your praise and not be silent.

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O Lord my God, I will

give thanks to you forever

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heavenly Father, we proclaim that you

are the source of all joy, and even when

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our sin causes mourning and weeping, you

are a God that brings beauty from ashes.

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As we read of this father setting

his son up for success, I pray

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that we as parents would be

diligent to defeat patterns of sin

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so that there aren't any barriers for

our children to worship and glorify you.

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Help us to model a life of

integrity and faith before them.

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But ultimately, we rejoice that even when

we fall, you and your Son are glorified.

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It's in your righteousness and your

perfection that we stand, Jesus,

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and we rejoice that even in our

failure, your name will be lifted high.

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Amen.