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Job Description

2 Samuel 17:17  “Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city:  and a wench went and told them; and they went and told King David.”

Engrossed in the drama of Absalom’s hunt for David, and David’s informants’ race to get to him first, I tripped over this phrase:  “and a wench went and told them;”

Here was a servant girl, with an important cog in the machinery of God’s plan to spare the king’s life.  What if the verse had read differently?

“The wench that was to tell them was having her hair braided with all manner of adornments.” or “The wench that was to tell them reposed upon her couch, for she was weary of her work.”

A simple, unremarkable task—just send a message.  Do you ever feel that your tasks are unimportant?  We may never know how the Lord will use them, or the consequences of our not following through.

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Will You Wait Here for Just a Moment?

How many times have you said that?  It is, of course, usually much simpler to be the waitee than the waiter.

A friend recently sent me this quote: “God never closes one door without opening another, but sometimes He makes us wait in the hallway.”

What is your “hallway”?  Are you waiting for a house to sell, a doctor’s diagnosis, insurance money to come through, a job offer to settle, a decision to be made about moving, a loved one to be healed or taken Home, or any number of things?

David is “in the hallway” in Psalm 27.  It opens and closes with his confidence in the Lord as he waits for deliverance from his enemies. What lessons can (has) the Lord teach (taught) you during this time, and how has this Psalm (or other passages) encouraged you?

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Before You Pull Those Weeds

Have you ever seen kids in a field of dandelions on a sunny day?  Grab your cameras, folks—you’d think they had found a secret stash of chocolate-chip cookies!  Every spring, handfuls of the happy little flowers are ceremoniously presented to moms (and teachers), who scurry to find small jars or glasses for the bright offerings (then thankfully toss them at the end of the day).

As children of the Lord, we may sometimes need to get down at kid-level and take a different look.  Those pesky weeds, a result of sin, have an amazing brilliance, reminding us of Christ’s victory over that sin.  Our joy and thankfulness over that fact should be renewed daily, and should rival that of any kid with a fistful of dandelions.

    

    “He hath made every thing beautiful in His time;”  Eclessiasties 3:11

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