The Tribe

WE ARE OFFICIALLY HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEAR!!!! 😄 Who is still on the ?

The Heart of God!

Heeey 👋🏾
Wasn’t yesterday’s reading something? 😅👀😮‍💨
I will officially refer Song of Solomon to anyone who doesn’t have game! 🤣
It’s been a while since I’ve shared daily highlight, please forgive me. It has been a bit hard to keep up with. So instead of trying to push out a bunch of highlights, I am going to go live. I wil be sharing the date and would love to have a live discussion with you all.
What do you think? 🤔

May 9, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
”My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”
The word “coming” is what stands out. Why? Because… sometimes we never arrive or we arrive but don’t stay put.

Tribal Declaration
Today, and every day after, I will arrive and stay put in God’s presence and talk with Him.

May 8, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“I was thrust into your arms at my birth. You have been my God from the moment I was born.”
There’s an idea that David was an illegitimate child and was rejected. This verse makes me think of that. Instead of highlighting the rejection of his family, he chose words that displays God’s role in his life. How many of us has truly been able to redirect our thinking in such a a way like this? Instead of thinking about how people did us wrong, do we think about how God has drawn us closer to Him?

Tribal Declaration
Being God-focused is my go to in the midst of every situation.

May 7, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
Reading Psalm scriptures really puts me in David’s soul relationship with God. I could see the total dependence on God with praise, pressure, joy, and disappointment. Multiple emotions are expressed through each Psalm and God heard and understood them all.

Tribal Declaration
I can and will share every emotion and moment with God, He hears and cares!

May 6, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.”

Tribal Declaration
I know your name, I trust you!

May 5, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
DAVID SET SOLOMON UP FOR SUCCESS!
Because David was so eager about the house of God being built, he made sure he provided the supplies so it can be successfully done. He knew that he couldn’t build it, but he set things up for his son, Solomon, to build it. He prepared materials and supplies for something he wouldn’t see in his lifetime. He prepared materials and supplies for a future generation to build and benefit from the house of the Lord. This made me ask myself what am I preparing? What resources and materials am I stocking up for a future generation to partake in that I won’t see…

Tribal Declaration
I will not only prepare and provide for my own life, but I will also do so for generations to come.

May 4, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“…learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately.”
This was David’s instruction to his son Solomon in the transition of role as King. He didn’t tell him to rule and have good judgement. He told him to KNOW GOD INTIMATELY! a lot of us don’t take time to know God intimately. For some it’s too boring, for others they’re too busy, and then there’s those who are just not ready to “be that deep”. But see, there’s a benefit that comes with this instruction. God had told David that if Solomon would obey Him he would ”…make his kingdom last forever.” So there’s longevity that comes with an intimate relationship with God. If we are honest with ourselves, some of us have a limited understanding of intimacy so we don’t know how to truly be intimate with God. All we know if what we’ve experienced.

Tribal Declaration
Lord, teach me how to know you intimately.

May 3, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
This reading was all about assigned duties!
What are you assigned to do in the house of the Lord? I’m not talking about what your leader told you to do, nor am I talking about your title. But what has God assigned you to do? What sense of responsibility do you have in the house of the Lord? Do you feel like it’s your duty to praise God? Do you feel like it’s your responsibility to worship God every time you enter the house of God? Yes, it’s everyone’s responsibility, but have you personally taken on the responsibility and duty?

Tribal Declaration
I will bless the lord at all times & His praise shall continually be in my mouth!

May 2, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.”
David did not want to offer anything to God that did not cost something… he didn’t want to bring something of no value to him to God!
Yes, “Jesus paid it all…” but are you willing to pay a price so that the worship, praise, prayer, etc. you offer up can be of value? We go through things to make our offerings valuable. When we go through trouble, pain, and turmoil, what we offer God is not cheap.

Tribal Declaration
I will continue to pay the price so I can offer up valuable sacrifices of praise, worship, and more!

May 1, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.”
In this life we have learned how to protect ourselves from a lot of things. it’s to the point where we indirectly tell God, “Don’t worry, I got this.” I have learned that we are not supposed to be our own protection. When we are, we take God’s role and end up messing up things. God is our defense! God is our protection! He knows best!

Tribal Declaration:
I hand over the role of protection back to you God!

April 29, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.”
Again, here is David choosing kindness towards someone coming against him. He didn’t try to “teach his son a lesson”, he told them to be gentle with him. I wana continue the thought from April 28th... let’s drop the fact that Absalom is David’s son. Maybe David had believed that God has chosen to use his son to overthrow his kingdom. What if he was “treading lightly” being sure to not “touch God’s anointed” like he didn’t kill Saul.
Later Absalom is killed and David mourns over his death. I think that’s loving humility at its finest!

Tribal Declaration
Loving humility is better than satisfying revenge!

April 28, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
Absalom, Absalom, Absalom…. Oooh Absalom. 🤦🏾‍♀️
Here we see the rise of Absalom against his father King David. What baffles me though is that David ran. After some thinking I was reminded of the prophecy given by Nathan. Part of the prophecy was, “I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.”
PROPHECY FULFILLED!
I believe David ran not because he was afraid of his son, but because of the prophecy! I believe he ran because he thought that God had probably given over the kingdom to him because of his sin. He may have thought that God would have allowed Absalom to overthrow & kill him. Maybe David understood that it was happening because of the prophecy so instead of going to war, he humbly fled knowing God was behind it.

It’s amaxing how prophecy plays out with little to no detail given in the prophecy! Trust and believe, true prophecy will come to pass!

Tribal Declaration
I believe the word of the Lord! The prophecy I have received will come to pass.

April 27, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
They fighting again (🙄😮‍💨 lol) but what’s interesting this time is that Joab sent messengers to tell David, “…Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get the credit for the victory.”
Joab humbled himself so He wouldn’t get the credit for a victory that he knew he could achieve. However he knew how that would make David look. Are you able to not only take the back seat, but advise someone else so they can not only get victory but credit for it as well? 🤔 Can you make your nasty boss, annoying supervisor, “jealous” coworker look victorious and get credit for your advice, or hard work?

What would be your Tribal Decalaration for this?

April 26, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
YOU MAY HIDE IT FROM THE PEOPLE, BUT YOU CANT HIDE IT FROM GOD! Man, David had a problem with his eyes and it caused Him to sin terribly. The Prophet Nathan was used to bring this awareness to David and to let Him know what God will allow as a result. Later on we read that his son died like God said and David stopped mourning rather quickly and it shocked the people. He knew what he did and knew that his mourning hadn’t changed God’s mind.
God sees us & our mess and Jesus covers us and all that good stuff, however we’re not exempt from having to face the consequences of our bad decisions. At some point we need to be like David and cease mourning over things that we know we brought upon ourselves.

Tribal Declaration
I will not use “mourning” to try to manipulate God into withholding consequences from me. I will be mature and own up to my sin.

April 25, 2024
HIGHLIGHT
“One day, David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive-anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan sake?… (to Mephibosheth)… don’t be afraid!… I intend to show kindness to you, because of my promise to your father Jonathan.”
David’s heart, honor, and loyalty to Saul/Jonathan is such an amazing example for us today! In spite of what He faced, He kept his promise and still had the heart to be a blessing.
I remember thinking about how much trauma David must have faced over His life span and yet he was the way he was, a man after God’s heart. To still desire to show favor to a family of a man that wanted to kill him… 😮‍💨

Tribal Declaration
I aim to show kindness and favor at all times!