King David Reflection

David grew to be a self-centered and corrupt king. The longer David was in power the more selfish he became. He was no longer the hero he used to

The nation of Israel, for several centuries, was under a theocracy of God. Their king was God instead of a human. When Israel was in distress, God sent judges to deliver them and turn them back to Him. Unfortunately, instead of worshipping God after their deliverance, they turned against Him in their sin. Israel began to become like the other nations and kings reigned over them. The kingships of Saul, David, and Solomon significantly influenced the nation of Israel. When these kings obeyed God, He blessed them and the nation. However, when the kings disobeyed God, He removed his blessings from them and the nation of Israel. The disobedience to and disregarding of God eventually lead to the downfall of the nation of Israel.

This has 6 verses, at first he questions God then he calls God out. But then he worshiped God, he thanks God. For the things he have done for him. David was feeling hopeless, so he called on God. Just like in Carrie Underwood- “ Jesus take the wheel”. The young adult called for God when she felt powerless.

As we examine the heroes of the faith outlined for us in the Old Testament, we would be hard pressed to find a more faithful man that King David. After the death of King Saul, David became the King of the Hebrew people. David, who was meek and pious, steadfastly believed in the true God and tried to do His will. He had endured much persecution from Saul and other enemies but did not become bitter, did not lift his hand against Saul, as he was the Lord’s anointed, but placed all his hope in God, and the Lord delivered him from all his enemies.

The relationship between David and God is one of both fear and love. David, who is chosen by God to rule the people of Israel, is loved by God. However, it is clear in points of the Bible that the wrath of God overcomes his love for David. To begin with the love that God has for David, it is easy to see when David places the Ark of God in Jerusalem, officially giving it a place to rest after several years of wandering. We see this in the dialogue when it is said “And David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obededom to the City of David with rejoicing” (2 Sam. 6:12). With the Ark itself

With such knowledge, David came to understand the nature of God—and that He is good and He hears the cry of His people. In Psalm 34:3-4, David has rejoiced because he sought the Lord and He delivered him from all

David knew that no amount of good works he had done, could rectify his guilty state before God. His position of prophet and king did not obligate God to him. David’s longing to be reconciled to God was granted by God’s compassionate acquittal of David despite his guilt. Moo explains that, “David’s words from the psalm confirm Paul’s basic point…a person’s relationship with God comes not by works but by God’s gracious act.” A further examination of David’s proclaimed blessing reveals the state of “being fortunate, happy because of circumstances, favored, and privileged.” William Sanday represents this state of blessedness well by stating, “…David in Psalm 32 describes how God pronounces happy (in the highest sense) those to whom He attributes righteousness without any reference to work.” Paul’s focus on the blessed state of the forgiven sinner in verse 6 is qualified by his citing of David’s proclamation of blessing in psalm 32:

Also, the fact that David wanted to make someone's life better and make them realize that god/love/energy is the power of all humanity. I try to do that. I try my hardest, to make everyone feel special and love themselves.

This week’s meeting with my mentee David went very well. We discussed about the campus resources on school and talked about his academic standing in his classes. I felt pretty confident with campus resources because of previous experiences with my mentor. Also, I utilize the campus resources binder in the Prospect's office to gather more information about the different types of resources there is on campus. After talking about the different resources, we then walked to specific resources that would benefit David and learned more about it there.

David’s heroic instincts first emerge through the challenges he faces when he is growing up in Waknuk. To begin, David sees the struggles of Aunt Harriet, starting with how she begs Emily to trade babies for a day to trick the inspector along with how she dies because she had a baby who was different. David is frightened by this experience and prays because “[he does not] want to be different” (30). This is a challenge for David because he has an ability that the others who are not different do not know about. If they find out about these abilities, they will send him away or do something worse, especially since he is the only son of the most pious man in Waknuk.**** Secondly, when growing up he is raised by a careless mother and a cruel father, making it hard for him to live. For example, when David is injured due to a splinter running through his hand, his family is too busy and chooses to ignore his injury. Because of this, David starts to think if he had an extra hand he would not have had to bother anybody, and would have been able to take care of his injury by himself, which

All through the bible, many heroic figures emerge. In 1 Samuel 17 and 18, David emerges as a heroic figure for Israel. To start with, David, a small peasant, travels “back and forth from king Saul to lend his father's sheep in Bethlehem.” (1 Samuel 17:15) The constant traveling from place to place while holding the title of servant describes the ordinary life

David noticed how his daughter kept scuffing her feet and scowling with exaggerated impatience, while giving him a silent treatment with obvious difficulties, not because she was avoiding to get yet another reprimand from him, but because she was just stubborn and proud like her mother. God, how she reminded him of her so much; same strong piercing forest-green eyes, luminous and full auburn hair, musical singsong voice, not to mention the will as strong as the Excalibur's iron, and the character of an untamed Tarpan

The ultimate goal here is to challenge the writer find a definitive reason for the downfall of King David who is said to be a man after God’s own heart.

The Book of Psalms is the Book of Prayer. Whoever wants to learn to pray let him pray to David and whoever prays with the psalms, David shall be a teacher for him, how he should pray as a father that shall hold his son's hand to teach him how to write. In the Book of Psalms we know ourselves and the weaknesses and pitfalls that are in us and we find in this travel fall and the advancement of prayers of repentance and thanksgiving and praise. Psalms are filled with many prophecies concerning the incarnation, pain and resurrection of the Lord. It is the greatest witness to the life of the Lord Jesus, so Peter said that David is a prophet (Acts 30: 2).

Verse three outlines the start of the forming of David's band of miscreants; "Also joining him was every person who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. He became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him" (NKJV). David is now the leader of an unstructured group of men discontented with the current political situation. They had been wronged and mistreated, were under a curse of debt that they could not pay. They were not trained loyal soldiers, but like David, are so distressed that they have no option left except to run and hide from their problems (Swindoll, 1997, p.74; Epp, 1965, p.56). Psalm 57 indicates that not only were they hiding, but they were angry and wanting vengeance on those they felt had wronged them�. Keller (1985, pp. 120,121) suggests that it was in living with these oppressed outcasts that David developed his compassion for those living under oppression.