A God to be Feared and Worshiped (4 of 14)
Series: 2 Samuel
Robert Dawson
2 Samuel 6:1-5
J. I. Packer, in his book Rediscovering Holiness, writes about an old grandfather clock that sits in his home. It not only tells the hours, minutes and seconds but also the month of the year and the phases of the moon. The clock dates back to the days of George Washington. Scratched on one of its weights is the year 1789.
What makes this clock even more unique is that it not only tells time and tracks moon phases, but it also plays music as well. It has a built-in carillon, knobs on a brass cylinder which as it turns trips hammers that in turn hits bells. While the clock would chime every hour on the hour, every third hour the clock would play one of four different three-minute tunes.
Out of the 4 different songs it played only two are still recognizable and played today. The other two songs, while beautiful, are unknown. No one who has heard the clock play them has ever heard them before or knows their name. Over the years the songs and their names have been forgotten. They are lost.
It's not unusual. Over time, there are many things forgotten and lost. Unfortunately, some of what is lost is of much greater value than the name of a 231-year-old tune. Over time, we tend to lose a sense of our common history and values. Over time, we lose our own personal family history and traditions. When we lose those things, we lose our way. We lose our identity.
That's what happened to Israel. They lost sight of something very important. They lost sight of the Lord. God, who should have been at the very center of the nation, had been pushed to the edges of their national conscience. Instead of following Him as their guiding light, they slid God into the shadows and forgot Him.
God told them, when Saul first became King, that the people and the king were to fear the Lord, serve Him, listen to His voice and obey Him. If they did this, they would know the blessing of ...
Series: 2 Samuel
Robert Dawson
2 Samuel 6:1-5
J. I. Packer, in his book Rediscovering Holiness, writes about an old grandfather clock that sits in his home. It not only tells the hours, minutes and seconds but also the month of the year and the phases of the moon. The clock dates back to the days of George Washington. Scratched on one of its weights is the year 1789.
What makes this clock even more unique is that it not only tells time and tracks moon phases, but it also plays music as well. It has a built-in carillon, knobs on a brass cylinder which as it turns trips hammers that in turn hits bells. While the clock would chime every hour on the hour, every third hour the clock would play one of four different three-minute tunes.
Out of the 4 different songs it played only two are still recognizable and played today. The other two songs, while beautiful, are unknown. No one who has heard the clock play them has ever heard them before or knows their name. Over the years the songs and their names have been forgotten. They are lost.
It's not unusual. Over time, there are many things forgotten and lost. Unfortunately, some of what is lost is of much greater value than the name of a 231-year-old tune. Over time, we tend to lose a sense of our common history and values. Over time, we lose our own personal family history and traditions. When we lose those things, we lose our way. We lose our identity.
That's what happened to Israel. They lost sight of something very important. They lost sight of the Lord. God, who should have been at the very center of the nation, had been pushed to the edges of their national conscience. Instead of following Him as their guiding light, they slid God into the shadows and forgot Him.
God told them, when Saul first became King, that the people and the king were to fear the Lord, serve Him, listen to His voice and obey Him. If they did this, they would know the blessing of ...
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