21 “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I am not guilty of turning from my God. 2 Samuel 22
Some of the last recorded words of David are written in his Song of Praise to the Lord in 2 Samuel 22. He speaks of his own Righteousness or Right Standing before God, but later in this Song he widens the concept of how God deals with people.
26 “TO THE FAITHFUL YOU SHOW YOURSELF FAITHFUL,
TO THE BLAMELESS YOU SHOW YOURSELF BLAMELESS,
27 TO THE PURE YOU SHOW YOURSELF PURE,
BUT TO THE CROOKED YOU SHOW YOURSELF SHREWD. (God responds to us in the same way/with same measure that we act towards Him and others, eventually we reap a harvest) 2 Samuel 22
Jesus expressed the same truth when he spoke to the people at the Sermon on the Mount;
7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (AS WE GIVE, WE’LL RECEIVE, AS WE SOW, WE’LL HARVEST. It’s a Law of the Kingdom)
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7
The only ones in David’s Song who are likely to reap a bad harvest are the Crooked, put simply, MEN WILL NEVER GET THE BETTER OF GOD! It’s amazing that in the days we’re living in, that clever and privileged, wicked people believe they can outsmart God. David warns that to the crooked, God will SHOW HIMSELF SHREWD. It will become apparent to all.
It’s interesting that in the previous chapter Israel had experienced a lengthy period of drought. There was no rational explanation for this, BUT THERE WAS A SPIRITUAL CAUSE.
21 During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lordsaid, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 Samuel 21
David had to put to death seven of Saul’s Male relatives, to appease the Gibeonites for the murder of their people. Thank God today for Jesus’ blood to cover and cleanse from the shedding of innocent blood.
David sought the Lord to find out the cause of the trouble and God showed him. If God is trying to speak to you today about past indiscretions, don’t close your ears. He’s always working for our good and wants to bless us, when we confess and repent of our sin. Get it/them out into the light and under the blood of Jesus. David could sing praises because so far as he knew his heart was clear before God. Don’t try to be shrewd before God, be humble and transparent, then you’ll have Peace.
May God bless and keep you in His Favour today.