Day 90, or March the 31st. Don't ever forget
tomorrow. Our thoughts today are from 2 Samuel,
chapter 24, verse 21. Arunah 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.