Day 90 or March 31. Don't ever forget tomorrow.
Our thoughts today are from 2 Samuel chapter 24 verse 21.
Araunah said, Why has my Lord the King come to his servant?
To buy your threshing-floor, David answered, so I can build an altar to the Lord.
Now the big picture surrounding this verse.
As the book of 2 Samuel comes to a close, we are confronted by a list of David's mighty
men, the elite of his army and bodyguard. Most of them are just names today, but each
one represents a real individual. If you were ever brave enough to read the whole list in
chapter 23, you will probably recognize at least one of them. Right at the very end there
is the name of Uriah the Hittite, whose wife Bathsheba was stolen by David. He is probably
at the end because he is no longer serving David following his murder. Maybe keeping
him on the list was a sop to David's conscience. Finally, David buys a plot of land where he
builds an altar, and where Solomon would build the temple.
And now today's action step. Even as an old man David is planning for the future. He knows
he will not be building a temple, but he plays his part in securing a suitable plot of land.
It's the mark of a true disciple of Christ that they continue to follow him into projects
and programs that they may never see come to fruition. The Bible is full of examples
of people to whom God makes promises, but who never sees them fulfilled in their lifetime.
People like Abraham, who never saw his nation of descendants, or the Apostle Paul, who was
still planning further missionary journeys when he died.
Walk Through the Bible was started in the UK by my wife and I, and has now been passed
on to our younger son, who is continuing the vision we were given back in 1984. It's thrilling.
Sometimes you get to see the end, often you don't. Our part is to play our part, and
trust God to continue his work through other lives. Just play your part. That's all you
have to do.