Day 68
1 Chronicles 7-11
Scripture: 11 19 “God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it.
Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.
ok so I don’t know if this is really a verse meant for me or if it is just because I don’t really understand what happened here that it keeps popping up for me. Even when we read about it in earlier chapters this struck me as funny…so David said he was thirsty and someone should get him some water..they went got him water but when they brought it back to him the above were his words to them…now I’m thinking hang on you asked someone to bring it and now they did and now you refuse to drink it! what’s that all about? ok so it was dangerous but they have already done it so surely you could drink the water but tell them to never do this again…because they kind of put their lives on the line for nothing now…or is it because it was soooo dangerous and he thought if he drunk the water they would do it again and he didn’t want that? Or did I miss the whole reason and got it totally wrong?hahah Please help me with this pastor Brandon?!?!
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I felt the same way Ilani - if I risked my life to go get something and they rejected it, I would probably be mad, but his men didn't seem to mind (well we actually don't see their reactions). I assume it's more the second thing you said - that David didn't want to condone crazy actions just because he was king and didn't want to encourage more people to risk their lives just for water for him. But I too was a little confused with this passage!
ReplyDeleteYes, please help us with the Pastor Brandon!! I have read and re-read this because I thought I was missing something.
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