David Journal

Category: Scripture Notes

  • The women of Samson

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    I knew that Delilah want good for Samson not I had forgotten that the wife of his youth also aligned herself with his enemies. Samson was apparently skilled at attaching himself to women who did not seek to be aligned with him.

  • A call for volunteers

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    The invitation in Section 36 that all who were willing could come before Joseph and Disney and be ordained to take the gospel into the world reminds me of the way missionaries apply for assignments today.

  • Lamps trimmed and burning

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    I like the image behind the counsel to have your lamps trimmed and burning and oil with you. It is a reminder that we don’t just light the lamp and let it burn without tending to it and ensuring that it can withstand the breezes and stay lit as long as needed.

  • Called to focus

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    As I read of the calls for many individuals I notice a pattern even as they are called to a variety of tasks. In basically every case they are called to focus on things of the spirit or to focus on taking counsel through the channels set up by the Lord with promises that their…

  • Unstable system

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    The system of judges – if it can even be called a system – was not a stable arrangement. Nothing was organized such as a method of succession or any assurance that there would be a judge at any given time. I’m sure to outside nations Israel appeared to be loyalty affiliated tribes rather than…

  • Patience

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    The Lord showed incredible Patience to not utterly cast off the children of Israel considering how consistently they someone’s Him and worshipped other gods.

  • Inconstant

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    I know that the people of Israel were inconstant but I hadn’t realized how determined they seem to be to turn away from the Lord God.

  • How often do we serve other gods?

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    As I read about the people of Israel I wonder how they could turn to other gods so quickly – doing exactly the opposite of what they were commanded and running they daughters in marriage to those who knew not the God of Israel. Then I wonder if the modern covenant people who live among…

  • Only one generation

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    I wonder how much of it was because the children of Israel did not drive all the Canaanites out of the land that they turned so rapidly to serving other gods as soon as the generation of Joshua died and after the death of each successive judge who led them truly.

  • Choose you this day

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    I never realized before that Joshua’s “choose you this day whom ye will serve, but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord,” came at the end of his life. I had always thought it was something he says soon after they crossed Jordan, early in his days of leadership.