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Discipleship Focus: King
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
David is
incited to make a census. What is behind
this act? Of course, Satan incites
David. But I’m not laying the blame for
the census at Satan’s feet. Satan comes
to all of us to tempt us away from the Lord.
We all have the choice to resist Satan or listen to Him. Satan will be held accountable for desiring
to tempt David. But David is at fault
for wanting the census.
In fact,
it is really David’s ambition that wants the census. Why would a king take a census of all the men
in his land? Certainly David is
ambitious to know how strong his nation is.
He is ambitious to know how he ranks in terms of power to the nations
around him. But the core reason that a
king takes a census is because he wants to know if he can do one of two things:
wage war or collect taxes. Both of those
reasons speak against David’s ambition.
So why
are we looking at God as king in this analysis?
Look at how God responds to David’s ambition. God allows David to choose his
punishment. That is something a king
would do. Furthermore, notice that God
has the power and authority as king to enact punishment. He can send a plague upon His people because
He truly is king.
However,
there is something more that I see, perhaps the deepest reason of them
all. When David is asked to choose, do
you hear why he makes the decision that he makes? He would rather be placed in the hands of the
Lord when it comes to punishment than to be in the hands of men. God is king of David’s life, because when
push comes to shove it is God into whom David’s places his life and judgment.
That’s why God is king. He is righteous
judge. He is the one that all of us are
best to rely upon.
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