2 Samuel Chapters 4 -6/Psalm 91/Acts 6
The passage from 2 Samuel seems to present God as a warrior determined to grant victory to David by all means possible. It is a bloody story that could be in the background of a horror movie. The essence of this passage is yet better expressed in Psalm 91 which says most importantly that he who dwells in the shelter of the most high and lodges under the shadow of the Almighty who says” The Lord is my self-retreat” will indeed by protected by God and used as God’s instrument in God’s plan.
It is not in human terms protection from all harm; no God’s beloved, like Stephen in the Book of Acts will be victims of jealousy, misunderstanding and yet at the end gain victory in this world or the next.
As we continue in our reading of the Book of Acts, we will see now the early Christians had to walk in the path of our Lord, mainly the way of the cross. Many were martyrs, yet their blood has become the fertilizer for the gospel. Instead of the destruction of the early church, the result is that the Christian church has continued to grow because after all the Lord said, “I will be with you always, yes even until the end of the age.”
The Venerable J. Fritz Bazin, D. Min.
Archdeacon for Immigration and Social Justice Ministries
Diocese of Southeast Florida
The passage from 2 Samuel seems to present God as a warrior determined to grant victory to David by all means possible. It is a bloody story that could be in the background of a horror movie. The essence of this passage is yet better expressed in Psalm 91 which says most importantly that he who dwells in the shelter of the most high and lodges under the shadow of the Almighty who says” The Lord is my self-retreat” will indeed by protected by God and used as God’s instrument in God’s plan.
It is not in human terms protection from all harm; no God’s beloved, like Stephen in the Book of Acts will be victims of jealousy, misunderstanding and yet at the end gain victory in this world or the next.
As we continue in our reading of the Book of Acts, we will see now the early Christians had to walk in the path of our Lord, mainly the way of the cross. Many were martyrs, yet their blood has become the fertilizer for the gospel. Instead of the destruction of the early church, the result is that the Christian church has continued to grow because after all the Lord said, “I will be with you always, yes even until the end of the age.”
The Venerable J. Fritz Bazin, D. Min.
Archdeacon for Immigration and Social Justice Ministries
Diocese of Southeast Florida
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