Month: November 2024

The Kitchen Table Devotional

David Day 12

Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has set a king over you. If you will fear the LORD and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

 1 Samuel 12:13-14

It’s not about whose king but whose God.  Never let someone else take God’s place in your life or your heart.  It’s His word that saves, that gives life.  Kings come and go but God is still God for eternity.  Never confuse Who reigns over your life.

The Kitchen Table Devotional

David Day 11

When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ although the LORD your God was your king

1 Samuel 12:12

God is working with the people before David is working in the palace. You do not want to be there at man’s requests but at God’s request.  Remember this, God is working in front of you, wait till He calls.  Learn to listen to the Spirit of God and follow that calling, not the crowds.  What is is God calling you to do today?

The Kitchen Table Devotional

David Day 10

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.           I Samuel 12:6

There’s a standard for a king.  Samuel is setting the standard for David’s kingdom.  Many have the approval of people but you want the appointment of God.  If you live for the approval of man, you will reign by the approval of man.  The accumulated wisdom of man is no substitute for the all-knowing wisdom of God.  Live in the appointment of God, which will reflect His image, not mans’.