May 19, 2010 1 Chronicles 12 – Morning by Charles Spurgeon for May 19
This chapter is full of destiny, it was spoken by God that David was king and this is how it was beginning to be fulfilled.
These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD. 1 Chronicles 12:23 (ESV)
Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. 1 Chronicles 12:18
I love how this chapter makes me feel. I can just see the army gathering like that in the Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
It ends with the families of the men bringing supplies and then a joyful calm before the job begins. There is nothing new under the sun and Tolkien's stories were born from an imagination created by the God who orchestrated this and every true story ever written.
Morning for May 19…Really, and I say it again, who thinks like this now days? Where is the spirit led poet or thinker of our time?
May 19
Morning Verse
"I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." Ecclesiastes 10:7
Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the upright; but it is so common a fact, that none of us should murmur if it should fall to our own lot. When our Lord was upon earth, although He is the Prince of the kings of the earth, yet He walked the footpath of weariness and service as the Servant of servants: what wonder is it if His followers, who are princes of the blood, should also be looked down upon as inferior and contemptible persons? The world is upside down, and therefore, the first are last and the last first. See how the servile sons of Satan lord it in the earth! What a high horse they ride! How they lift up their horn on high! Haman is in the court, while Mordecai sits in the gate; David wanders on the mountains, while Saul reigns in state; Elijah is complaining in the cave while Jezebel is boasting in the palace; yet who would wish to take the places of the proud rebels? and who, on the other hand, might not envy the despised saints? When the wheel turns, those who are lowest rise, and the highest sink. Patience, then, believer, eternity will right the wrongs of time.
Let us not fall into the error of letting our passions and carnal appetites ride in triumph, while our nobler powers walk in the dust. Grace must reign as a prince, and make the members of the body instruments of righteousness. The Holy Spirit loves order, and He therefore sets our powers and faculties in due rank and place, giving the highest room to those spiritual faculties which link us with the great King; let us not disturb the divine arrangement, but ask for grace that we may keep under our body and bring it into subjection. We were not new created to allow our passions to rule over us, but that we, as kings, may reign in Christ Jesus over the triple kingdom of spirit, soul, and body, to the glory of God the Father.
Charles Hadden Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "May 19".
I have been really trying to get some kind of product made that I can sell and have had no luck. It just isn’t there yet. But I have had some fun this winter working on it. Here is a parrotfish done in four different styles:
Gouache on Black Paper
Watercolor pencil and crayon on watercolor paper
Ink on Watercolor paper
Painted doodle on Rives BFK with watercolor pencil and twinkling h2o’s
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