threshing floor 9:16:18

September 16, 2018
Pastor Matt Kelley

When you think you have been on the floor crushed and broken open, Christ came to heal and save!

Episode Notes

1 chron 21:1-2
Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to [a]number Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.”

This is the first time Satan’s name is mentioned in the bible is here; and its used to describe him provoking a man of God
By counting the men instead of trusting in the Power of God was David’s sin.
Even when one of his commanders challenged him. (vs 2) Joab also hints at the motive behind the counting – pride in David. The this thing that David desired was the increase of the nation, and he perhaps wanted to measure the size of his army to know if he had enough force to conquer a neighboring nation.
Verse 4 starts with Nevertheless..which indicates the end to an argument. tells us that it wasn’t only Joab who tried to tell David not to do this – the captains of the army also warned David not to count the soldiers in Israel. But David did so anyway.
1,300,000 fighting men among the twelve tribes
2 Samuel 24:5-9 indicates that it took almost 10 months to complete the census. David should have called off this foolish census during the ten months, but he didn’t.



2 samuel 24:10 And David’s heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

What was David’s response to failure
Fell on his face
He Repented - he was willing to admit what he did.

Pride will stop us from repenting --- Lay it down

David HAD TO MOVE FORWARD
David knew the location
David gave what had COST
David humbly came with the right mindset
David build it by God's standard
David acted quickly


1 Chron 21:18 -20
Therefore, the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 So David went up at the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord. 20 Now Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat

The 4 sons fell on their face but Ornan DID NOT!
This is why you could be at the right place at the right time but STILL miss what God is pouring out because of a lack of KINGDOM MINDSET



Why HERE!
The threshing floor is where the chaff was separated from the grain
The Chaff was the junk that was hanging on to the grain.
 

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