READING:
One-year plan: 1 Kings 1-2
Two-year plan: Psalms 58-60, Romans 11:11-32
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King David was about to die. He could barely stay warm. He seemingly was not involved in the day-to-day leadership of the kingdom. He had already sworn that Solomon would follow him on the throne (1 Kgs 1:17), but Adonijah had determined that he instead would be the king (1 Kgs 1:5). It was the intervention of the prophet Nathan that prevented Adonijah’s ascension and, at least from a human perspective, resulted in Solomon’s rise to the throne.
Here, all of us are wise to follow David’s words to Solomon, the next leader in the line: “Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn” (1 Kings 2:2-3). Godly leaders who step into a new role of leadership follow an old-fashioned pattern: they are obedient to God—they walk in His way.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: Are you walking in God’s ways?
DAILY PRAYER: “God, help me to be strong and obedient.”
TOMORROW’S READINGS:
One-year plan: 1 Kings 3-6
Two-year plan: Psalms 61-63, Romans 11:33-12:2
MEMORIZATION VERSE (April 1-15):
“Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord.” (Psa 31:24)
*first published in 2016
