What David is doing in this chapter is very much focused on God’s glory rather than his own, but David’s actions are also for the good of the people. Those two things always go together. A victory for God’s king is a victory for God’s people. Not just because the kingdom they’re part of will expand, but because David is […]

It’s easy to do the right thing for the wrong motives. So what about David in this chapter? He’s winning these great victories, but maybe it’s just his own reputation that he cares about? There are little hints here that that’s not the case. In v4 David takes 1700 horsemen. What does he do to them? He hamstrings all the […]

What about you? Do you realise that all of history is moving towards the moment when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD? Have you bowed the knee to him? Have you acknowledged Jesus Christ as the Lord of all? Or are you still fighting against him? If so, be warned, that in the […]