No sooner was David
made king over Israel, that he renewed the nation’s consciousness for the
presence of God. Revival comes to God’s people, when we determine to return to
a close relationship with God, and enquire from Him how to direct our lives!
Israel had not sought God’s directives during the reign of Saul. They had
contented themselves to worship elsewhere, or not to worship at all. They had
all but forgotten the importance and place of the ark of God. This remarkable
piece of furniture, which had travelled with Israel through the wilderness
journey to the Promised Land, had been the earthly ‘seat’ of the presence and
glory of God and the centre of worship for the Israelites. Without a temple for
it to be housed in, it had become neglected and with that neglect, had come
also the negligence and failure of enquiring at the face of the Lord. David
fully intended to change all of that! His zeal and enthusiasm to restore the
ark to its rightful place, as the soul and centre of Israelite worship, was
contagious, appreciated and agreed to by the people over whom he now reigned. The
whole instance speaks to us of the importance of keeping God in the centre of
our lives and focus. How easy it is to get so busy with life, work, family and
a host of other mind occupying things, and pay little attention, or forget
altogether, the One to whom we owe all else we have! How typically human is the
trait of feeling capable to captain our own lives, and fail to ask God and
enquire from Him what He wants us to do and how He wants us to do it. This shifting
of the patterns established by God, from spirituality to carnality, sets us back
in our relationship with the Lord, and costs us and our families very dearly!
Like David, we must be champions for the consciousness and worship of Yahwah.
Like him, we must always work to restore and maintain Jesus as the centre and
focus of our lives; as the priority and prime purpose of our existence.
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