“2026: Year of the Explosion” Day 9: In terms of seeking the Lord for direction, it’s never one and done.

“And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley. And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.”

‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭14‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Abraham was 99 and Sarah was 90 years old. The Hagar incident had happened. Now the Lord would come to Abraham again, changing his name from Abram to Abraham, and again clarifying that the son of promise would come through Sarah. Interestingly, before the Lord spoke anything else to Abraham about the covenant, he said this to Abraham:

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭17‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

When Solomon had completed the house of the Lord, the Lord appeared to him a second time having appeared to him before at Gibeon.

“And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’ But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.”

‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭9‬:‭3‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

In both of the instances referenced here with Abraham, as well as with Solomon, the Lord uses a certain phrase: “Walk before me”

What this command references, and indeed, what is made clear as the Lord spoke further to them, is that they should live their lives with a constant awareness of the Lord‘s presence and an ongoing posture of inquiring of Him. They were to be locked in a position of complete obedience, and adoration of the One Who is all-in-all.

In today’s portion of the story of David’s victory against the Philistine’s at Baal-perazim, we see that when the enemy doubled back, David again inquired of the Lord. You see, David knew it’s never one and done with the Lord. He is our everything. We are not merely having transactions with Him; we are in a relationship with Him, now and forevermore.

Peace to you.

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