Open Up, Let Me In

Music is a powerful tool. It can make you go through a whole bunch of emotions. I think it is quite amazing how we can store all the sounds into the computer that our Holy Maker gave us – our brains. I know you have experienced certain triggers which uploads a certain song that was buried way back in your memory. Going over this chapter -wam! – an oldie but goodie came into my thoughts. It was a song made popular by the ‘Sensations’ and is called Let Me In. Here are the lyrics. Let’s see if you get this song stuck in your mind also.

Let me in, whee-ooo.

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo

Hoo-whee-oo.

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo, hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo,

Whee-ooo.

I can see the dancin', (let me in).

The silhouettes on the shade (silhouettes).

I hear the music (music),

All the lovers on parade (oh).

Open up (let me in), I wanna come in again,

I thought you were my friend.

Pitter patter of those fee-ee-ee-ee-eet.

Movin' and a-groovin' with that be-eat.

Jumpin' and stompin' on the flo-o-o-o-oor.

(Lemme in ) Let me in! (Open up.) Open up!

Why won't you open up that door? (Let me in.)

I hear (open up) music let me in (music).

I wanna come in again.

Let me in (let me in), a-well I heard it just then.

I thought you were my friend.

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo

Hoo-whee-oo.

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo, hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo,

Whee-ooo.

[Instrumental break.]

Pitter patter of those fee-ee-ee-ee-eet.

Movin' and a-groovin' with that be-eat.

Jumpin' and stompin' on the flo-o-o-o-oor.

(Lemme in.) Let me in!. (Open up.) Open up!

Why don't you open up that door? (Let me in.)

I-ah-I (open up) hear music, let me in (music).

Oh, I heard it just then. Let me in. (Let me in.)

I wanna come in again.

I thought you were my friend

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo, hoo-whee-oo.

Whee-ooo, whee-ooo, hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo.

Hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo.

[Fade.]

Hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo.

Hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo.

Hoo-ooo-ooo, whee-ooo.

In today’s scripture our precious Holy Spirit highlights the time when David was being formed into God’s future co-shepherd of Israel. To do that he has to be trained to deal with sheep (people) who are not that nice and obedient to you. I know you probably haven’t had to deal with such people but let us see how David dealt with it.

It will be noted that the writer totally ignored the attempt by Esh-baal, at the instigation of Abner, to take over the kingdom. As far as he was concerned the death of Saul and his three sons had ended the dynasty. The activity of Esh-baal was simply to be an intrusion into God’s purposes which could safely be ignored. What mattered was that David finally received the kingdom as God intended.

So, from now on his emphasis will be:

• 1. on the glory and strength of David, which had begun even before the death of Saul.

• 2. on how he established his extensive rule.

• 3. on his activity which would result in the establishing of the true worship of YHWH, and finally in the building of the Temple.

But why should there be such an emphasis on David, if it was not intended that by the Israel of his day to draw conclusions from it? Had he merely wanted to place the emphasis on the Temple and its worship as the central uniting point of the new Israel he could have done so without exalting David in such a way. The only reasonable conclusion is that he wanted Israel to see in David a model of the coming future ‘David’ (The Greater David) who would yet arise to establish His righteous rule. That expectation was deeply imbedded in Israel’s faith and would eventually lead to the coming of the Messiah.