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THE APPOINTMENT OF A KING (2)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

 

“Fear God,
and keep his commandments:

for this is the whole duty of man.”

 

THE APPOINTMENT OF A KING (2)
 
When a king transgressed, God would have to teach him the hard way. King Solomon did not pay attention to what the Word of God said and fell into the trap of sin. As a result, he was a miserable. When he wrote Ecclesiastes, he expressed repentance because of his folly. The foreign women turned his heart away from the Lord, and he became an idolater. He gained nothing, but instead lost everything. Since he could not restrain himself, the Lord had to teach him a lesson in the school of life to bring him back to his senses.
 
Another enemy of a king is the love of money. As Apostle Paul said in 1 Timothy 6:10, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” God wanted orderliness and justice from the person He put into the high office of king.
 
The Law of God would guide the king, thus he must have a copy of it. This is the command with regard to the use of the book of the Law of God: “And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them” (Deut 17:18-19). Earlier the Lord had declared His laws to be superior, and could not be amended but remained for ever. The king was to observe the discipline in the law so that he would not see himself as above everyone and ignore God’s commandments. In that way, the days of his kingdom would be prolonged. The Lord fulfilled this in the house of David.
 
The giving of God’s laws was necessary. Israel needed the laws to guide them when they settled in the new land. The office of a king was of divine appointment, it needed to be sustained with God’s justice.
 
THOUGHT: The person appointed king had to keep the Law of God.
PRAYER: “O God of all creation, bless this our land and nation.” (Kenyan national anthem)

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