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September 3, 1933 Psa. 78:70-72
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70. He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds: 71, From the following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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72. So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, . And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. INTERPRETATION
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The Lord does not see as man sees. Samuel would have anointed Eliab, Jesse's eldest son to be king because of his fine bearing and hia handsome face. God sees the heart, and takes no account of outward appearances. Therefore David, the shepherd lad, was the chosen one. He too was "of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon." Love illumines all whom it fills, and every one delights to look upon its radiance. Those who are not really in spiritual understanding do not consider love a kingly quality. They deem it too meek, too humble, too forgiving, too effeminate to characterize or sustain rulership. From the time that love is quickened in the heart until it finally is united with wisdom, a continual struggle goe3 on between love and the personal will for supremacy in consciousness. This struggle is symbolized by the warfare waged by Saul against David.
Saul, the head, feels that he Is being gradually undermined by the heart and that he will eventually lose his power. Jealousy lies at the root of the adverse destructive thoughts that Saul sends out to kill David. The will could be deposed sooner if the really mightier power, love, would so decree; but love never desires to destroy and it spares the will when the latter is in its power. Love is always protective, constructive, forgiving.
The arrogant will thinks that its dictates must always prevail, but there are laws of action and reaction in the realm where will functions. On one side Saul was receptive to Spirit and was often guided by Jehovah. The personal will may be open to Spirit; at times it sees and acknowledges the ascendency in consciousness of the law of love, although it must always have the help of the higher judgment (Samuel) to make Its contact with Spirit. The will functions through personality is not always loyal to Jehovah. Until it is regenerated it is subject to thoughts of materiality. Unless it becomes strictly obedient to divine law, It will finally be overwhelmed by the Philistines of the mind, erroneous habits of thought. When David ascends the throne of Israel, love at last comes into Its own and rules the consciousness. Upon taking up his duties as king, David went first to Hebron and became ruler over Judah, his own tribe. Judah means "praise," "prayer." It symbolizes that place in consciousness where we come in touch with the highest activities of Divine Mind. Hebron is the front brain, the seat of conscious thought. Love Is thus shown to be a faculty that we are to use consciously, in order to promote general harmony, peace, and good will, and David's going up to Hebron to rule over Judah symbolizes the way to a harmonious cooperation between the indwelling love of the heart abd the understanding of the mind.
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"ihe gathering of the tribes of Israel at Hebron to acknowledge David as king represents man's conscious recognition of the supremacy of love. David is called a type of Jesus Christ because of his forgiving, loyal, loving spirit. The latter part of our lesson tells us that David shepherded his people "According to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands." David was wholesouled in all that he did. He put himself mightily into the task before him. Jesus Christ was the seed of David. The loyalty of love and its nonresistance are the only traits that permit the formation in the mind of the real man. In order to have Christ formed in us, we must practice the principles of love. Paul's pronouncement "'Whose I am, whom-1 serve " must relate itself in our minds to the power of love in our daily conduct. UNITY magazine.
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September 3, 1933 Psa. 78:70-72
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70. He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds: 71, From the following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
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72. So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, . And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. INTERPRETATION
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The Lord does not see as man sees. Samuel would have anointed Eliab, Jesse's eldest son to be king because of his fine bearing and hia handsome face. God sees the heart, and takes no account of outward appearances. Therefore David, the shepherd lad, was the chosen one. He too was "of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon." Love illumines all whom it fills, and every one delights to look upon its radiance. Those who are not really in spiritual understanding do not consider love a kingly quality. They deem it too meek, too humble, too forgiving, too effeminate to characterize or sustain rulership. From the time that love is quickened in the heart until it finally is united with wisdom, a continual struggle goe3 on between love and the personal will for supremacy in consciousness. This struggle is symbolized by the warfare waged by Saul against David.
Saul, the head, feels that he Is being gradually undermined by the heart and that he will eventually lose his power. Jealousy lies at the root of the adverse destructive thoughts that Saul sends out to kill David. The will could be deposed sooner if the really mightier power, love, would so decree; but love never desires to destroy and it spares the will when the latter is in its power. Love is always protective, constructive, forgiving.
The arrogant will thinks that its dictates must always prevail, but there are laws of action and reaction in the realm where will functions. On one side Saul was receptive to Spirit and was often guided by Jehovah. The personal will may be open to Spirit; at times it sees and acknowledges the ascendency in consciousness of the law of love, although it must always have the help of the higher judgment (Samuel) to make Its contact with Spirit. The will functions through personality is not always loyal to Jehovah. Until it is regenerated it is subject to thoughts of materiality. Unless it becomes strictly obedient to divine law, It will finally be overwhelmed by the Philistines of the mind, erroneous habits of thought. When David ascends the throne of Israel, love at last comes into Its own and rules the consciousness. Upon taking up his duties as king, David went first to Hebron and became ruler over Judah, his own tribe. Judah means "praise," "prayer." It symbolizes that place in consciousness where we come in touch with the highest activities of Divine Mind. Hebron is the front brain, the seat of conscious thought. Love Is thus shown to be a faculty that we are to use consciously, in order to promote general harmony, peace, and good will, and David's going up to Hebron to rule over Judah symbolizes the way to a harmonious cooperation between the indwelling love of the heart abd the understanding of the mind.
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"ihe gathering of the tribes of Israel at Hebron to acknowledge David as king represents man's conscious recognition of the supremacy of love. David is called a type of Jesus Christ because of his forgiving, loyal, loving spirit. The latter part of our lesson tells us that David shepherded his people "According to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands." David was wholesouled in all that he did. He put himself mightily into the task before him. Jesus Christ was the seed of David. The loyalty of love and its nonresistance are the only traits that permit the formation in the mind of the real man. In order to have Christ formed in us, we must practice the principles of love. Paul's pronouncement "'Whose I am, whom-1 serve " must relate itself in our minds to the power of love in our daily conduct. UNITY magazine.
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