David's Last Word's - Part II

Today's discussion centered around 1 Kings 2:5-12 where David is giving Solomon his list of last requests, basically a hit list of people David wanted taken out. Since Solomon was king he could have these people killed without any problem (and he did) but this is not an option for us. And hopefully we don't have any enemies like that. Maybe David was really protecting Solomon by getting rid of these guys.

If you were on your death bed right now, are there any requests you would make of your kids or spouse?

The last phrase of verse 12 is "his rule was firmly established". What do we need to be doing now so that when we go we leave our kids are "firmly established"? In other words, they are self feeders and are living bodly for Christ?

Your thoughts?

Blessings,
Roger

David's Last Words

Last week we looked at 1 Kings 2:1-4 which is the beginning of David's last words to Solomon. These are some powerful words, in particular "show yourself a man". I don't think the definition of a man is the same today but as we talked we agreed on boldness, courage and Christ-like leadership.

David goes on to tell Solomon to obey God and keep His commandments. Obviously that meant that Solomon had to know God's commandments in order to keep them. Where did Solomon learn them?

Some of our discussion dealt with not waiting until our death bed to have this kind of conversation with our kids and practically how do we make that happen on a regular basis. But we also talked about leaving our kids with some last words. Given technology today, what would be the best way to do that?

What are your thoughts? Let the rest of us in on what you are thinking about these things.

Blessings,
Roger