Today’s passage: 1 Chronicles 12:1-40
Helpful thoughts:
- The ambidextrous men who came to David’s aid when he was a fugitive from King Saul were Saul’s own family!
- The Holy Spirit clothing Amasai would be a similar thing to the episodes where the Spirit empowered Samson for some of his major military victories. This is different from the indwelling of the Spirit in the life of a believer today.
- Here is a quick helpful article on the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
- By the time David was king in Hebron, before he was king over all Israel, he had an army from all of Israel who were ready to go to war to make him the king. God had made his choice, and the people were getting behind him.
Questions to consider:
- Knowing what David did concerning God’s decreed will to make him king, what would David be seeing as all these men came to fight for him in Hebron? Who was putting this army together?
- From the perspective of those loyal to the line of King Saul, what would all these people be considered? Whose labels and identifications matter to the children of God? Who must we remain faithful to through all the ebbs and flows of cultural change in this life?
- How did God fight for our loyalty and participation in His kingdom? What does the indwelling of the Spirit tell us concerning whose side we are on (Romans 8:12-17)?