Count on the LORD

The Word for today:
2 Samuel 24

mark this: 24:10

Numbers. Statistics. How many. How much.

In a disappointing episode--a lapse of faith--David commands that the number of soldiers in his army be counted. When the tally was complete, there were well over a million soldiers at David's command.

David was not counting on the LORD here. He was counting on the might of his army.

But we are to place our confidence in the LORD:
Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight (1).

Years and years before, facing the giant with only a sling and five smooth stones, David trusted in the LORD and not in his own strength. You don’t feel the need of God when you have one million men. When you have only a slingshot and five stones, you know you need Him.

If we're going to count, let's count on the LORD.

(1) Jeremiah 9:23-24