Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 17-18
Wow! David sure has dealt with his share of hardships! But God's hand is on him entirely. I love learning from David's life because he messed up...a lot. Yet God protected him and used him to make His name great among the nations. David is even in the line of Jesus.
Absalom has a lot going on. He's been through a lot. Many bad things have happened in his life. In these two chapters, we see him back in Jerusalem. He has been trying to subvert David's authority and put a kink in things for him. One of those things was to get Ahithophel to switch from David's confidence to Absalom's. As Absalom is asking him for advice, Ahithophel is convincing him to kill his father! Chapter 16:23 says that his advice was "like that of one who inquires of God." That is how David and Absalom viewed his opinion. Yet, in 17:14 we read that God had been sovereign in not allowing Ahithophel's advice to be taken. Instead Hushai's words were heeded and disaster was to come on Absalom instead of David.
Even after all that, David still mourned the death of Absalom. It truly saddened him deeply that his son was killed during battle. I wonder if David ever inquired after the Lord to see just what he was up to. I cannot imagine that it was easy for David to live his life, with all the things that happened to him and his family. Yet God, in his infinite wisdom and sovereignty, chose to always bring David through those situations. I don't know if these points all make sense to you or not, but for me it is so comforting to see the sovereignty of God in play.
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