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SPIRTUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: Finding Mephibosheth
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 9:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul,
that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?" 2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul
whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him,
"Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant." 3 The king said, "Is there not yet anyone
of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba
said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in
both feet." 4 So the king said to
him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."
Today’s
SD begins the third main point in the chapter “David’s Dynasty, Kindness, and
Conquests,” which is the forth chapter in Dr. Wiersbe’s commentary on 2Samuel
and parts of 1Chronicles. These chapter
divisions go along with the chapters in 2Samuel and so this is about chapter
nine.
As
I begin to read these verses I got a sense of the word “king” as it is repeated
many times throughout this chapter. My
thoughts were that perhaps the Lord designed or perhaps allowed kings to be in
existent in forms of government in order to show a picture of who the Lord
Jesus Christ is, and that is King of kings, and Lord of lords. Dr. Wiersbe’s direction on his commentary in
the section prior to writing on “finding Mephibosheth” that the word king is
mentioned six times in this section and ‘king David” is mentioned one time and
David is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ and his actions towards Mephibosheth
is a picture of what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for lost sinners at the
cross giving them the “kindness of God” when they do not deserve it. David’s name means “beloved” and Jesus is
God’s beloved Son as God spoke to Him at His baptism and when He was
transfigured on the mountain top.
I
like so much what Dr. Wiersbe wrote of the picture of David calling
Mephibosheth and what it means today for believers in Jesus Christ: David couldn’t show any love or kindness to
Jonathan, so he looked for one of Jonathan’s relatives to whom he could express
his affection. So it is with God’s
children: they are called and saved, not
because they deserve anything from God, (Eph. 1:6; 4:32). God in His grace gives us what we don’t
deserve, and in His mercy doesn’t give us what we do deserve.”
David
get the information about Mephibosheth from Saul’s estate manager Ziba who will
latter betray both Mephibosheth and David.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: If I could only show the grace and mercy that
God showed to me on others more often it would be a wonderful experience.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Begin
to show grace and mercy to others.
2. Trust
the Lord to guide my path today.
3. Trust
the Lord to continue to teach me contentment.
4. Give
myself to the Lord for worship and service.
5. Trust
the Holy Spirit to continue to teach me from His Word and to convict me of any
unconfessed sin.
6. Put
on the Spiritual armor to be protected by the Lord.
7. Seek
the Lord to help me take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
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