Is It Easy To Abandon My King? So, all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. 2 Samuel 20:2a My Takeaways Something Old Remember in Joshua 9 when the Gibeonites tricked the Israelites. Joshua made a promise to protect them. This was a covenant God expected them to…
Victory! Victory comes from you, O LORD. Psalm 3:8a My Takeaways Something Old The story of Absalom’s death is a result of unchecked anger and half-hearted reconciliation. Something New I bet David never thought he’d be escaping to the wilderness again. Psalm 3 When circumstances come against us, we need to check Our…
When Everyone Else Lets You Down After this, Absalom bought a chariot and horses, and he hired fifty bodyguards to run ahead of him. 2 Samuel 15:1 My Takeaways Something Old The only thing we can count on in this world is the Lord. Everyone… everyone will let us down. Because of the…
Reach To Reconcile All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him. 2 Samuel 14:14 My Takeaway…
Avoid The However However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 1 Chronicles 20:1b My Takeaways Something Old We really see the manipulative and slimy side of David. Where am I normally supposed to be? Be where I am supposed to be. Do what I am supposed to do. Something New Do not banish me…
The Suspicion of Kindness David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” 2 Samuel 10:2a My Takeaways Something Old The war broke out because of suspicion. About kindness: Kindness surprises people. Kindness may be met with indifference, hostility, or retaliation. Kindness…