Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Take a census of all the people of Israel—from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north—and bring me a report so I may know how many there are.”
1 Chronicles 21:1-2 NLT
So what’s wrong with taking a census? Don’t we need to know what’s going on in our world? In 1 Chronicles 21, David called for a census of his people to determine his military might which doesn’t sound that out of order. The verse starts out by saying that Satan rose up to cause David to call for a census, so what was David’s motivation? If Satan has anything to do with it, it must be evil. Was it pride that caused David to act on Satan’s suggestion? Would it be bragging rights that he wanted or was it a lack of trust in God’s ability to keep Israel victorious? Either way, David moved quickly into the sin that the deceiver so convincingly presented to him.
As I scroll in social media or read headlines in the news, I see the war that wages there. It is war between good and evil many times. My heart rate increases and my blood pressure rises as I see freedoms that I have taken for granted being threatened, so I take a “census”. I look to politicians to solve the problems that plague this country instead of the One True God! I look to commentators and pundits for the truth when God himself is the only one who gives us the living water. When I flip to the last page of the bible, I find that God wins in the end so why am I so fearful? I love the last verses of Revelation that talk of Jesus coming again.
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. Revelation 22:20-21
GOD WINS, NO CENSUS REQUIRED!
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