Elijah flees for his life after God’s incredible display of power against those who followed false gods, like Baal. God comes and speaks His Word to Elijah not in the extraordinary, but in the ordinary, in a whisper. God uses us in our own lives, wherever we are, that we may speak His Word to those who needs to hear it, and today we hear real life examples of how God uses us in the lives of others.

God had worked many times in the history of Israel to lead them through the impossible. Sometimes we have this idea that if God brings us to… something, whatever it is, God will bring us through it. While that phrase is not found in the Bible, that doesn’t mean that it’s not true. The truth of God’s Word is that God can lead you through the impossible, God can raise the dead, like the widow’s son at Zarephath, and God will raise all who believe on the last day, not because of our work, but because of His work.

King David wanted to build a temple for God. God said no. It is his son King Solomon that ends up building the temple of God. The place where God would make His dwelling place. Each part of the temple is important and many parts have meaning for us today, some of which is still in use in our very own worship, where God dwells with us.

Solomon is told by God that he can ask for anything and God will give it to him. Solomon being a young king, asks for wisdom and discernment so that he can better rule the kingdom. We too can use wisdom and discernment in our daily living.

Sin leads to death. Because of David’s sin, the child born to him and Bathsheba dies. Sometimes we don’t always understand God’s ways, especially when someone we love dies. On this All Saints’ Sunday as we remember those who have gone before us in the faith, we remember that where there is sin and death, there is also God’s grace.

David does great things for the Lord. But he is also a sinner like everyone else. And much like he made a giant fall, he also fell into sin in giant ways. And his sin had consequences. Our sin has consequences. Yet, where sin increases, so does God’s grace, and on this Reformation Sunday we remember that we are saved by God’s grace.

Broken People, Perfect God. The Theme of this years’ Kids Camp in Sachigo Lake. Hear the stories of a number of imperfect people who were a part of this trip that were blessed by a perfect God.

As King David rules, as most of the former kings family had been wiped out, he wanted to show kindness to anyone in Saul’s family, for the sake of his friend Jonathan, Saul’s son. There was a man named Mephibosheth who was brought to David’s table, and Saul’s land was restored to him and he was given a seat at David’s table always. Jesus invites us to His table, where He gives us His body and blood and forgiveness and salvation.

King David lived in a palace and God made His dwelling place in a tent. God wanted to build a temple, a house, for God. God said no. Instead, God was going to build up David’s house, and by doing so He would establish the line of David forever, because from David’s line comes the One True King who came and dwelled with His people.

King Saul sought to take David’s life, and so David flees from him. Hides in a cave from him, and feels like he has been abandoned, forgotten, and forsaken by God. In our lives, though it may feel this way, we are not abandoned, forgotten, or forsaken by God.