time flies so fast, if you think about it, life isn't very long at all... Who know's how much time we have left in this world, no one does.. but one thing that we can be certain of is the place that we will be going after. It definitely is a much better place, where we will spend the rest of ETERNITY at! I got reminded of again today that life is so short, and we have to live it to the full! Living it out the Jesus way. We can try our best to make our life here on earth fun and enjoyable for ourselves by getting good jobs, houses, friends, and family.. But ultimately they will all fade away one day, and none of that will mean anything. Whats the point of doing something that will result to nothing in the end? That's like the biggest waste of time ever.. Why not do something useful, that will ensure our salvation and our eternal future up in heaven? We can do this and do that, want this and want that, but is that what God has for us? If it isn't, then i'd rather God not give it to me. I only want what's best for my life, which is what God wants for me. Even if we end suffering, how long will that last for? A few months or years perhaps? But that's nothing compared to the goal that is waiting for us at the finish line. Focus! With eyes on the prize!
Day 127.
I didn't quite understand a few things from the passages i read today. The main passage was 2 Samuel 24:1-9, which is sort of repeated in 1 Chronicles 21:1-6. So i read the first verses of each passage and was confused..
2 Sam 24:1
1 Again the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
1 Chron 21:1
1 Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
I'm not too sure but does the first part of those verses mean the same thing by any chance? Anger of the Lord and satan?? So anyway David sent Joab and a few others other to take a census of all the troops he had. And again the number of troops recoreded in both passages were different..not too sure why.. Then for some weird reason in 2 Samuel 24:10
10 And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
Did David sin because he counted the number of troops he had?? Was that the sin or was it something else? For the remaining part of the chapter, God gives David 3 choices of punishment because of his sin, and God ended up sending a plague on Israel which killed 70,000 men.
Day 127.
I didn't quite understand a few things from the passages i read today. The main passage was 2 Samuel 24:1-9, which is sort of repeated in 1 Chronicles 21:1-6. So i read the first verses of each passage and was confused..
2 Sam 24:1
1 Again the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
1 Chron 21:1
1 Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
I'm not too sure but does the first part of those verses mean the same thing by any chance? Anger of the Lord and satan?? So anyway David sent Joab and a few others other to take a census of all the troops he had. And again the number of troops recoreded in both passages were different..not too sure why.. Then for some weird reason in 2 Samuel 24:10
10 And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
Did David sin because he counted the number of troops he had?? Was that the sin or was it something else? For the remaining part of the chapter, God gives David 3 choices of punishment because of his sin, and God ended up sending a plague on Israel which killed 70,000 men.
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