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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Kings 1:1-21
David is now an old man. Wearied by a life of suffering and conflict, he still puts his trust in God, as expressed in his prayer in Psalms 71, "O God, thou hast taught me from my youth . . . Now also when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not" (vv. 17, 18 – see also v. 9). The LORD will answer him and will grant him His help in the last trial that awaits him.
After Absalom, another of his sons, Adonijah, appears on the scene conspiring to seize the throne. The sad end of his elder brother has taught him nothing. In a general sense, moreover, this young man’s education had left much to be desired; his father had never corrected him or stood in his way. Adonijah, from his earliest childhood had always done whatever he wished: something new for our younger readers to think seriously about if they find their parents too strict! May they come to know that to be "chastened" in such a way, whether as a child, as a young man – or young girl – can save them from much more painful chastening in their adult years. This is how God always deals with His sons (Hebrews 12:6). How often His wisdom and His love have prevented us from having our own way, for our immediate, and perhaps for our eternal good.
