Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Chronicles 18:14 (New Living Translation)

So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.

Well that’s a pretty good summary of King David. He did what was just and right for all. I wonder what his approval ratings were? Was he popular? Was the economy growing?

We aren’t told about any of those things that seem to worry us these days. We’re just told “just and right.”

Well, we understand that the ancient world was much simpler and they didn’t have to worry about all the things we have to worry about and all the international entanglements that entangle us in his modern or post-modern world and …

Nope. Wrong. Life was really tough in the days of David. They had plagues (real ones, not like than pandemic of 2020) and famines (never had one of these in America in 240+ years). They were attacked by foreign armies every weekend or so.

Still, David was just and right and was recorded in history as a man after God’s own heart. Pretty good stuff to copy. Pretty good way to live.