2 Samuel 16:10b\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0<\/i>\u201c\u2026If he is cursing because the\u00a0Lord\u00a0said to him, \u2018Curse King David,\u2019 who can ask, \u2018Why do you do this?<\/i>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
2 Samuel 15-16<\/b><\/p>\n
Jerusalem is where King David\u2019s palace was, the city was called the City of Peace.\u00a0\u00a0Yet, at that time, there was little peace there.<\/p>\n
Leading up to the above verse we read that King David\u2019s son Absalom had plotted to overthrow his father\u2019s kingdom (2 Samuel 15<\/b>).\u00a0\u00a0He had devised a plan to slowly change the loyalty of the people of the kingdom from his father King David to himself.\u00a0\u00a0King David had fled taking his entire household and leaving behind only ten concubines to take care of his palace. How awful for King David.\u00a0\u00a0Oh we know that it is all from consequences of his sins, but still, rest assured, that this man King David loved God and fellowshipped with Him in ways that even today, it is doubtful that many personally know and experience the intimacy of that fellowship.\u00a0\u00a0We mourn that King David hurt himself and his family because of his sin.\u00a0\u00a0We hurt that King David was at that moment, so filled with hurt at the treachery of his beloved son.\u00a0\u00a0What horrible, horrible heartache.<\/p>\n
As King David and those going with him were preparing to leave, and as they left, the heart of King David, and his indefatigable love for God, are lights shining from dark circumstances.\u00a0\u00a0He did not bring his servants and officials with him to keep him safe, but to keep them safe.\u00a0\u00a0Such was the heart of King David.\u00a0\u00a0If there were some, such as Ittai the Gittite who could stay in Jerusalem, King David encouraged them to not uproot themselves to follow and support him, but to do what was best for them.\u00a0\u00a0People wept as King David passed them by, this great warrior who had been so powerfully used to defend Israel was not fleeing lest his own son murder him.<\/p>\n
As King David was fleeing he also was looking out for Zadok the priest and for the Ark of God.\u00a0\u00a0The priests wanted to bring the Ark of God to accompany the man who had brought it to Jerusalem.\u00a0\u00a0How easy it would have been for King David to allow this to occur, but though a sinful man capable of doing heartless violence, King David had a humble heart.\u00a0\u00a0He told Zadok to \u201cTake the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the\u00a0Lord\u2019s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place\u00a0again.\u00a026\u00a0But if he says, \u2018I am not pleased with you,\u2019 then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.<\/i>\u201d (2 Samuel 15:25-26<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0During this hard time King David had the attitude that we all should have, he humbly submitted to God who King David knew was good all the time and who loved him.\u00a0\u00a0King David basically said that he was willing to accept the will and judgement of God, whatever that meant.\u00a0\u00a0King David did not call God\u2019s goodness into question, he did not rail at God, but instead he continued to love and trust God.\u00a0\u00a0King David was saying to let the will of God be done and he would not doubt it.\u00a0\u00a0He would not doubt it!\u00a0\u00a0Family, we all deserve wrath, punishment and hatred from God.\u00a0\u00a0No matter what happens in this world, all we who walk in the grace of God, who have received it through Jesus, have received more good from God than we deserve.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No hardship is above what we deserve and yet God has spared us no good thing.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n
King David, while under the extreme circumstances he was in, while his life was in peril, he continued to think of others and to display great love and confidence in God.\u00a0\u00a0He took care of Ziba who had been faithful to him.<\/p>\n
When Shimei, a family member of previous King Saul, came out and cursed King David and pelted him with stones, one of King David\u2019s loyal warriors was angry that his king should be treated in such a way.\u00a0\u00a0He wanted to kill Shimei for what he was saying and doing.\u00a0\u00a0But King David stopped him and said \u201cIf he is cursing because the\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0said to him, \u2018Curse David,\u2019 who can ask, \u2018Why do you do this?<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Once again King David trusted God.\u00a0\u00a0He did not doubt God or curse his circumstances, he trusted God.\u00a0\u00a0King David did not know if this man was doing what God wanted him to do.\u00a0\u00a0If he was, then to silence Shimei would be going against the will of God.\u00a0\u00a0David knew of his own guilt.\u00a0\u00a0He would rather suffer the indignities that this man was pouring upon him then to be against the will of God.\u00a0\u00a0David suffered the consequences of his sin as an honest and sincere man should, with humility and acceptance.\u00a0\u00a0He did not accuse God when God told him the penalty of his sin against Uriah and Bathsheba and he would not accuse God now.\u00a0\u00a0We like David know when we are under God\u2019s correction, no matter how hard it is to go throw, we need to remember that we are not receiving the full judgement that we deserve.\u00a0\u00a0Yet equally important is that we know the goodness and love of God and that after the time of trial will come the peace and comfort of God. (1 Peter 5:10<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Family the meaning of\u00a01 Corinthians 10:13<\/b>\u00a0is not that we will not be put through a test that is too great for us to bear in our own strength.\u00a0\u00a0We have been tested so that we thought we would perish under the strain, but at that point we turn to God and relinquish our fight against the trial, we succumb and say \u201cLord, Your will be done.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It is at the time that we find that when we trust God and give over all things to Him, we learn that there is absolutely nothing that is too big for us to handle if we are not relying on our own strength and understanding but are relying on God.\u00a0\u00a0(Proverbs 3:5-6, Matthew 11:28-30<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0It is not a matter of the size of our trial, that is of no consequence, it is the size of our God that matters.<\/p>\n David trusted the God that he knew and loved.\u00a0\u00a0He trusted in the person of God and therefore he trusted in the love of God.\u00a0\u00a0It is written \u201cHumble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.<\/i>\u201d (James 4:10<\/b>) Also it is written \u201cYou will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.<\/i>\u201d (Jeremiah 29:13<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Seek God and we will know Him.\u00a0\u00a0If we know Him we certainly will love Him.\u00a0\u00a0If we love know and love Him then we will trust Him.\u00a0\u00a0And this is unequivocally true.\u00a0\u00a0If you don\u2019t trust Him, you don\u2019t know Him, or don\u2019t know Him well enough.<\/p>\n Family, God is good and He loves us.\u00a0\u00a0When hard times come they reveal what is within us.\u00a0\u00a0Will they reveal a knowledge and great love of God? Or will hard times reveal something else.\u00a0\u00a0If we are lacking we only need to call out to Jesus and say, as Peter did \u201cLord, save me!<\/i>\u201d (Matthew 14:30<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0And the only one who can, will.\u00a0\u00a0Yes our God is good and He loves.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s walk in faith in God and let His peace that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:<\/b>7) keep us, now and forever.\u00a0\u00a0It worked for David and it will work for us.\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God<\/i>.<\/p>\n Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 Samuel 16:10b\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u201c\u2026If he is cursing because the\u00a0Lord\u00a0said to him, \u2018Curse King David,\u2019 who can ask, \u2018Why do you do this?\u2019\u201d 2 Samuel 15-16 Jerusalem is where King David\u2019s palace was, the city was called the City of Peace.\u00a0\u00a0Yet, at that time, there was little peace there. 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