The Unmerited/Undeserved Favour of the King.
The word of the King is all powerful! People in today’s society don’t fully appreciate how true this is. 2 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 9 reveals another side to David’s character, very different to that of the soldier who cut down multitudes of Israel’s enemies.
1 David asked, ‘Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’
David remembers his deep friendship with Jonathan and wants to bless anyone from Saul’s house, (who tried to take his life). David as King, wanted to bless anyone related to Jonathan, so Saul’s servant Ziba was called before the King. Once again we see the important role servants played in Biblical times. Ziba, the servant, knew of Mephibosheth, WHO WAS CRIPPLED IN BOTH FEET, first thing we learn about him, even before his name.
3 The king asked, ‘Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show GOD’S KINDNESS?’
Ziba answered the king, ‘There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.’
4 ‘Where is he?’ the king asked.
Ziba answered, ‘He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.’
5 SO KING DAVID HAD HIM BROUGHT from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.
He was crippled, but David had him brought before him in Jerusalem. (His first Favour to Jonathan’s crippled son) Then followed a list of Blessings or Favours bestowed by David, the King. I see this as an EARTHLY TYPE OF THE FATHER’S LOVE TOWARDS US, HIS CHILDREN!
6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honour (that was his entire part in all that happened).
David said, ‘Mephibosheth!’ David Called Him by His Name.
7 ‘DON’T BE AFRAID,’ David said to him, ‘for I WILL SURELY SHOW YOU KINDNESS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR FATHER JONATHAN. I WILL RESTORE TO YOU ‘ALL’ THE LAND that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and YOU WILL ALWAYS EAT AT MY TABLE.’
God may want to bless you FOR WHO YOU ARE BEFORE HIM and not just for what you’ve done! Some find this hard to accept that God would just want to bless us, without earning it. God is the Great King and it’s His right to bless and bestow Favour on whoever He pleases.
9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s steward, and said to him, ‘I have given your master’s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family. 10 You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master’s grandson may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.’ (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
Mephibosheth could never have farmed the land, no problem, the King appointed a man and his large household to do it. The King arranged everything by a single command.
So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s sons.
Raised from obscurity to the centre of power in the nation at the word of the King. Allow God to roll out His plans for our life and keep thanking Him for all He gives us.
38 Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. AMPC
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