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SOLOMON'S PRAYER

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16).    When David the ancient king of Israel died, His son Solomon ascended to the throne.   During David’s reign, it was in his heart to build a fabulous temple for God.   God, however, told David that there was too much blood on his hands due to the extensive wars that he had fought to expand Israel’s borders.   David was told that it would be his son who would build God a house.   Therefore, David began to amass great quantities of materials with which his son could build a glorious house for God.   When David’s son Solomon became king, most of what he needed to build the House of God was provided already by his father.   Gold, silver, precious gems, brass, iron, timber, stone, fabrics, and much more were all waiting for Solomon to use.   He just needed to command the work.   David had even been given the blueprints for the temple by the inspiration of the...
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JONATHAN AND HIS ARMOR BEARER

“And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.   When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.  And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.  As for Saul [the King of Israel], he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.” (1 Samuel 13:5-7).   King Saul found himself in difficult straits.   An innumerable host of Philistines had gathered their forces at a place called Michmash in the highlands north of Jerusalem.   Much of Saul’s army was frightened because of the overwhelming odds and went to hide themselves in the caves, hills and pits around the...
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AND DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD

“And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God .” (1 Samuel 30:6).   David was a young man whom God wanted to apprehend.   God saw in David what nobody else was able (or willing) to see.   They only looked on the outside, but God could see into David’s heart.   This is why the LORD had sent Samuel to anoint David to be the next King of Israel.   Their first king, Saul, was after the people’s heart, but David was a man after God’s own heart.   After his anointing, however, David found only trouble.   Saul was jealous of David and saw him as a rival for the throne.   He resented David’s popularity with the people, his military victories, and his closeness to God.   Saul’s jealousy eventually turned to hatred and rage, and he openly sought to kill David.     Aft...
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