November 23 1999
In July I decided to try and read through the whole bible before December. I was doing so well because i started with Exodus and got all the way up to Psalms in the OT. I won't talk about the New Testament because i didn't do so well i think i read 3 or 4 books. I stopped doing it in October because i started going through the Quiet Time Companion (one of the worst bible study books i have ever done). But anyways for about four months i would read one book of the bible every two weeks. I'd never read the bible in such huge chunks for such a long period of time before. Reading large amounts helped me get a better picture of the whole bible. The best thing was how a lot more of the New Testament references made sense to me.

One thing that really stood was the high percentage of time the OT spends talking about the life of David. He most have been a rather essential character because he had great favor with God. This can also be inferred from how the New Testament always traces the genealogy back to David. Anyways, I started thinking what made David so awesome? Why was he so confident that he would win every battle? As he says, "The Battle is the Lord's". He has confidence that he serves a God greater and more powerful than any of his opponent's army.

When i'm taking a test and I really know the material I walk in there with my head on high and i socialize with people before hand, laugh etc. But when i feel stupid, the class seems to be in a foreign language and i barely grasp what's going on, I feel a strong feeling of sadness and unease. I don't want to talk to anyone because i'm too busy contempletating my impending failure. Ususally I do horribly on the test when I feel that uneasiness and uncertainity.

As Christians today, so many times we approach our problems and our entire lives with that feeling of uneasiness and a lack of confidence. I think that's where David was different. He always KNEW that he would win the battle because God was on his side.So i hope that in every problem/crisis I face i will remember this fact.

Psalm 103: 1-2 says "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits... I've been pondering that verse lately because what exactly does it mean to bless the Lord with all that is within me?
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