Det Proverbs 10

1. Many options split your mind's caliber. Only option is to enquire all knowing God.

Many ways kill your time. Only way is to enquire God in whose hands your timings are.

2. Fighting for the truth without taking any hurt is a joke.

3. As long as your ways are submitted to God, you are not messed up.

4. A losing person cries to the Lord and he will be answered. A sword dropping person might not be answered.

5. You wanted to "have" what you like. The foolishness is that you actually begin to "give" to it whatever pleases it.

6. Ephesus has no Balaam teaching like Pergum, fornication like Thyatira, and uncleanness like Sardis. Sinless also get a rebuke.

7. If you are falling, either you gave up your stronghold to demon or you got a weak hold on to God. 

8. Demon possessed is less dangerous than Demonized. Former spoils himself and latter spoils his relations too. Former is attacked, latter is an attacker. Former is a victim of the witchcraft, latter is an accommodation of the witchcraft.

9. Have an eye on faithful Joseph though it offends him, that you might not judge him wrong later. 

10. Avoiding people is not peace but it's the absence of disturbance. Peace is to establish by confronting disturbance. This makes you a son of God.

11. A great fasting prayer of a great prayer warrior will never have enough power to justify his own ways before God. Prayer is meant to plead God and not to lead God.

12. Gratitude loses it's virtue when it supports a virtueless attitude.

13. I can do all things, not because I am a Christian, but because I do all through Christ.

14. The idea of "world peace" finds its answer only in the idea of walking with him. Trust in his timings.

15. Mary tried to continue her call by directing Jesus' call. And she failed. 

16. Saul's anointing could not change him, Lucifer's anointing could not restore him.

17. When anointed Samuel missed the sight of God at Eliab, he almost messed up his call.

18. Same uncleanness that God allowed you to have, will not allow you to have His presence. 

19. Prayers help you to fulfill your responsibilities and they themselves will not fulfill your responsibilities.

20. Ask God for some money. He gives you. Yet it doesn't mean He removed your lackness. 

1 Sam. 26 Battle belongs to the Lord

Ziphites came to inform Saul that David is hiding there in Hachila. They can just bind David and bring him to Saul. They didn't do it because they knew that David is a great warrior. Yet why did they inform about him? Do they have any enmity with him? No they didn't. Still they want to inform Saul because they want the favor of the ruler. "Many seeks the ruler's favor". Pro. 29:26.

I am happy that Solomon used the word "many" and not "All". By using the word "many" he is also saying that there are other "many" who do not seek the ruler's favor. In these two categories, Ziphites, by seeking ruler's favor they fall into the danger of joining the group of those who seek the ruler's favor and they did not see that David is in other group who seeks the favor of the Lord. Their innocent step brought them a curse from David, a man of God. He said to Saul, " ...if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD"-1 Sam. 26:19. 

Soon after he heard where David is, Saul took 3000 men with him to seize David who had not even a thousand people with him. (1 Sam. 27:2). Saul doesn't know that God will never save by the number. He did not have the knowledge that his own son Jonathan had. Once Jonathan said to his armer-bearer "“Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men... Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” 1Sam. 14:6. 

Amaziah also hired a 100,000 fighters from Israel. Then a man of God came and see what he has said. "...these troops from Israel must not march with you, for the Lord is not with Israel... Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.” 1Chr. 25:6-8. 

I am in the category of those who seek the favor of the Lord to whom, the battle belongs to. I hope you too. ("but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. " Pr. 29:25)

Lev. 1. Burnt Offering in New Testament

When Abel gave his offering God accepted him and then his offering. This tells us that the offering which we bring is not to escape but to show ourselves before the Lord. Its "me" that is important to the Lord than the animal i bring as an offering. It was Abel that God accepted first (Gen. 4:4). How can i compare then the sacrifice in this modern life?

1. If I could have mercy 

Hos. 6:6 "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice".

Didnt they give tithes? They did. Jesus said to them, "you give a tenth of  your spices- mind, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law- justice, mercy and faithfulness." Matt. 23:23

2. If i could have love

Mk. 12:33 "To love Him with all your heart... to love your neighbor... is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

3. If I could have knowledge of God

(Hos. 6:6."For I desire mercy... and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings")

4. If I could have the obedience

1 Sam. 15:22 “...To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams."

5. If I could have the faith 

Heb. 11:4, 6. "By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did..." "And without faith it is impossible to please God..."

6. If I could have a broken heart

Ps. 51:16  "You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit."

Will of God

Fear of the Lord is a great helper to know the will of God. David did not kill Saul. No one told him that "not killing Saul" is God's will. Only fear of the Lord taught him not to touch Saul. 

1. By his appointed

God's will should be done by the one who was appointed by God. David was appointed by God but it was not for building a temple. He was not right person for that task. Yet he was appointed by God to be a king over Israel. Building a temple is only for his son Solomon. It was God's will. A task requires to enquire God to see who was appointed for that particular talk. God's will should be done by God's appointed.

2. In his time
God's will should be done in God's time. A man sowed wheat. But the enemy sowed weeds in his absence. When the wheat has grown up, the weeds also showed up. The servants were angry. They wanted to pull them off. The wise thing they did was to ask their master before they do any thing. The master said, "not now". He did not say "no". There is a day that he is going to pull them off. It was his will but should be done in his "time". (Matt. 13:24-30)

3. In his way
God's will should be done in His way. David wanted to bring Ark of the Covenant into the city. He discussed with many of them. It seems good to them. They moved on to bring the Ark. David is the man after God's own heart but he doesn't know the way how to bring. The Ark has to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites. He brought them on a new cart. I see a great love in David's heart but a lack of knowledge. As we know the feet of the oxen was slipped, Uzza stretched his hand to hold the Ark and he died. Celebration turned into a sad story. There is no lack of godliness but the knowledge was lacking. This did cost a life. 2Sam. 6:1-7