June 7

1 Kings 2:1-3:2, Acts 5:1-42, Psalm 125:1-5, Proverbs 16:25 

Pray: Father, may we meditate on the last day of our life, when we will draw our last breath. May we have peace and wellness with our souls as we prepare for that day. Amen.

Read: Death is certain. It is an appointment we all must keep unless the Lord comes and takes us home. Before he died, David gave Solomon wise counsel about the men who were a threat to the throne. It is good to know where the enemy is hiding. It is even more valuable to have a father like David who feared God and cared for more than his own legacy, but also for the people of Israel and the generations to come.

Edify: I think the lesson to be learned from our New Testament reading today is how much Jesus values His bride the Church. I believe that more than anything else Jesus wanted to protect the thriving movement of the first church. To see people trying to lie and deceive and withhold from the Lord was working greatly against the cause, not because the church needed the land but because the church needed people of integrity.

Practice: Today, I hope to count my days. In both our Old Testament and New Testament readings there were stories of death. May we be people who do not fear death but point people to the way of life.