David and Solomon

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฃ

โ€ข Have you been assigned a task you seemed inexperienced or underqualified for? How were you able to accomplish it?

โ€ข Think of a time when someone entrusted you with a valuable item. What do you think made that person trust you?

โ€ข What legacy would you like to leave behind?


๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ . . .โ€ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฎ


(Read also ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ and ๐Ÿฎ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฎ.)


Davidโ€™s godly leadership enabled him to achieve many things, but what set him apart was being a man after Godโ€™s own heart. In his final days as king, he wished to impart the same love for God to his son Solomon. Though Solomon at that time was still ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, Godย chose him to become the next king. As we conclude the series, letโ€™s look at three encouragements from these passages as we help the next generation fulfill the purposes God has for them.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ . . .โ€ย ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฎ


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During his reign, David was able to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and wanted to build a temple to house it. But God did not allow him and instead chose one of Davidโ€™s sons, Solomon, to fulfill this task. David confidently trusted God and did everything to make sure that his son would be equipped to build the temple. David is an example of how good leaders value raising people who will succeed them. Who are the people who saw potential in you? How did they prepare you to become the person you are today or will be in the future?


๐Ÿฎ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.ย 

โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ? ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.โ€ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ


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David understood that everything he had came from God. It was important for David to acknowledge this so that the people would remember who their true provider and enabler was. By doing so, David was able to ask God to grant Solomon a whole heart to follow Godโ€™s ways. God is the Creator of all things. Apart from Him, we are unable to fulfill Godโ€™s calling and purpose for our lives. How has God reminded you of His provision as you fulfill His calling?


๐Ÿฏ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ.ย ๐Ÿญ ๐—–๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ


David was wise to make sure that Solomon would be greater than him. For David, the measure of success was not in earthly things, but obedience and devotion to God. As a response, Solomon built on the legacy his father left behind and became very great among the people of Israel. We are where we are today because others have gone before us and have prepared the way for us. Whether we are young or advanced in our years, we can work together to see Godโ€™s name be glorified in our communities. How have you grown from the lessons you learned from your mentors?


๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก

โ€ข Who has mentored and guided you? How can you show your appreciation to them this week?

โ€ข How can you step out in faith to help the next and future generations know God and equip them to accomplish Godโ€™s purpose for their lives? Identify at least three practical things you can do this week.

โ€ข How can you have a mindset of preparing for future generations? Why is it important to leave a legacy and not simply be a recipient of Godโ€™s grace?


๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ

โ€ข Thank God for the privilege to honor and build upon the legacy of the godly generations who went before you. โ€ข Ask God for a heart to leave behind a godly legacy for future generations to carry.

Pray for open doors and opportunities to reach the next generation in your community and help them grow in the desire to reach future generations as well.

โ€ข Pray for the next generation to love, serve, and honor God. Ask God to bless them with wisdom, courage, and strength.