Tag: David

Obscurity

Obscurity marks journeys of the faithful.

Not planned, necessarily.

Or wanted.

But purposeful in the work and way of the Lord.

Borders of inheritance. Precise allotments. Land portions, surveyed and described in detail.

Joshua sent a handful of scouts ahead. Into the promised land.

And they mapped out places for the tribes.

Then cast lots to decide who got what.

Someone else’s surrender will not do. David knows this.

Thank you, Araunah, but “I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” (2 Samuel 24:18-25)

He buys the threshing floor, the oxen. For a price. Then builds an altar and makes the offerings to God.

Each of us must consider the cost of following Christ. And someone else’s surrender will not do.

Surrender. Image by Jon Tyson on Unsplash.