Bible Reading: II Samuel 5:17-25
Key Verse: Verse 24 - “And let it be, when thou hearest
the sound of a going in the tops of
the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt
bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD
go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines."
Key Words: in the
tops of the mulberry trees
In our key verse, we see God
advising David – do not move until you hear from Me; but when you hear the
sound in the mulberry trees, that is your queue to move. So the mulberry tree is the tree of
awareness. David was aware of the
presence of God by the moving of the mulberry trees.
For some, their mulberry tree is
a hospital bed; but for others, it is a revival meeting; still to others this
mulberry tree may be standing in front of a casket. But the mulberry tree is the tree of being
aware of God’s presence.
A number of times in my forty-five
years in the ministry, I have been keenly aware of the presence of God, but
never more so than when we buried my grandson on April 17, 2004. Our family could have never made it through
such a trial if it were not for the presence of God.
One Christmas Eve the telephone
rang in the office of the Pastor of a church in Washington, DC. “Tell me, Reverend,” the voice inquired, “are
you holding a Christmas Eve service tonight?”
When advised that there would certainly be a service that evening, the
caller asked, “And do you expect President Roosevelt to attend your church
tonight?”
“That,” explained the Pastor
patiently, “I cannot promise. I am not
sure about the President’s plans for the evening. But I can say that we fully expect God to be
in our church tonight, and we feel secure in the knowledge that His attendance
will attract a reasonably large congregation.”
My prayer for you is that you desire the presence of God in your personal life, in your home, and in your church more than you desire anything else.
What to do:
✞Remember the mulberry tree and
the presence of God.
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