The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Samuel 1:27,
"How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"
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"How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!"
The phrase "How the mighty have fallen" occurs three times in this lament of nine verses. David penned this lament and ordered the people of Judah be taught it.
As such, the lament tells us something about the heart of David. A man of deep faith and also a man who had his own struggles with sin, David had a vision for the big things in life. David had had his experiences with the Lord and had already accomplished some amazing things through the Lord by this time in his life. From my perspective it was these that framed his outlook.
Although sought by Saul (in an insane obsession to kill him), David never raised his hand against Saul. He had at least two opportunities to do so, but Saul had been anointed by God and so David would never harm Saul. This speaks not of David's respect for the man, but of a highly attuned veneration, a deep reverence for what was God's. Saul was God's chosen man to be Israel's first king, and his son, Jonathan, was his close friend he loved.
From this perspective David viewed the deaths of Saul and his sons as "the mighty" that had fallen.
It brings to my mind the respect, reverence and veneration we all should have of the things of God. Saul was God's anointed, and, likewise, today, there are many things in this life that are God's. For instance, to cast about and question God's choice of gender as he created us demonstrates a contempt for this reverence of God. To take the life of an unborn child demonstrates a contempt for this reverence of God. To invent our own religions, theologies, cults and "isms" demonstrates a contempt for this reverence of God. To question God's word, the Scriptures, demonstrates a contempt for this reverence of God.
To embrace the invitation God offers us in the gospel manifests the reverence of God David expressed. To uphold the truths of God's word manifests the reverence of God that David expressed. To protect human life manifests the reverence of God that David expressed. To participate with the Lord in the building of his kingdom manifests the reverence of God that David expressed. I am quite sure you could add to this list, but you get the idea.
May we all hold God, and those things that are his, in the reverence he is due, just as David did.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Trevor Fisk
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