[January 24]
David went on and grew great, and the Lord God
of hosts was with him. II Samuel 5:10
DAVID'S experiences in waiting for the kingdom
and the lessons learned and the character developed and
the preparation which made him wise and moderate all
serve to illustrate a great lesson to the Gospel church.
We also are called to sit upon the throne of the Lord—
to rule in his name. We also have been anointed to
office by the Holy Spirit, which the apostle declares is
a foretaste of the glory and joys into which we shall
enter when the crowning days shall have come. If
discipline, self-control, faith, moderation, and hope
were all requisite to make David a king over the Lord's
people and to properly represent him in government,
how much more severe lessons should be for us who
are called to so much higher a station—to the throne
of earth as God's representatives and to the royal
priesthood, ruling, judging, and trying mankind, to the
intent that as many as possible of them may be rescued
from their degraded condition and be brought
into full harmony with God! Z'08-268 R4236:1(Hymn
300)