David Inquires of the LORD

Mo. 3/3/14: 2 Samuel 5:17 – 18                  What was the reaction to the news?

Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

What was the reaction to the news? Attack Goliath’s conqueror.

Tu. 3/4/14: 2 Samuel 5:19 – 20                  Did David go to war?

So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

Did David go to war? No, he first inquired of God. Do we?

We. 3/5/14: 2 Samuel 5:22 – 23                  What happened the second time?

Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. Therefore David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.

What happened the second time? God gave David a new strategy.

Th. 3/6/14: 2 Samuel 5:24 – 25                  What did David hear?

And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

What did David hear? David heard the armies of God marching!

Fr. 3/7/14: 2 Samuel 7:1 – 2, 12 – 13                  What did David want to do?

Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around, that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.”

“When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

What did David want to do? David wanted to build a Temple. Instead, God promised him a Son: Jesus Christ! What do we desire to do for God?