9/12/2010 7:45:36 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: Enriching Mephibosheth
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 9:9-13
Message of the verses: “9 ¶ Then the king called Saul’s servant Ziba
and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have
given to your master’s grandson. 10
"You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for
him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have
food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall eat at my table
regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then Ziba
said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant
so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of
the king’s sons. 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all
who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. 13 So
Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now
he was lame in both feet.”
The
story of Mephibosheth continues in these remaining verses of chapter nine of
2Samuel, and the story also continues on how these verses relate to believers
in Jesus Christ as this pictures some of the things believers have in Jesus
Christ. David, a man after God’s heart,
told Ziba that all of the lands that belonged to Saul now belonged to
Mephibosheth and he and his sons and his servants were to tend the land and
sell the crops, but Mephibosheth would now be eating at the kings table in
Jerusalem.
Some
of these things picture what believers have in Christ, for Mephibosheth called
himself a dead dog and according to Eph. 2:1-6 we were “dead” in trespasses and
sins when Jesus called us and gave us new life.
Now our position is higher than that of Mephibosheth for we sit on the
throne with Jesus and will reign with Him.
“For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one,
much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ (Romans
5:17). As believers we have unsearchable
riches in Christ Jesus as seen in Ephesians 3:8. One day we will live in the New Jerusalem as
seen in Hebrews 12:22-24.
There
is one more thing that David did for Mephibosheth and that happened in the 21st
chapter of 2Samuel and it had to do with David protecting him when after a
famine in the land the Lord revealed to David it was because of how Saul tried
to kill off all of the Gibeonites who were protected by a covenant that was
made between Joshua and them. David had
to give them seven relatives of Saul whom they would hang, but David refused to
give them Mephibosheth. The application
is seen for believers in Romans 8:1 “Therefore there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: What I have learned in this passage or should
I say what I am reminded in this passage is that I need to remember the promises
that I make and keep them. The covenant
that Joshua made with the Gibeonites should not have been made with them as he
was fooled by them, however the Lord remembered that covenant that Joshua made
with them and honored it. Keeping promises made is important to the Lord and
therefore is important to me.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Remember
always to keep my word.
2. Continue
to work on have all of my thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ.
3. Give
myself to the Lord this Lord’s Day for worship and service.
4. Trust
the Lord to give me wisdom in order to help Bruce show Greg that GBC is going
in the wrong direction.
9/12/2010 8:27:13 AM
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