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David the Dad
David the Dad
Many men wear three hats.
They are spiritual people, career or community people and family men.
Or to put it another way, they sit on a three-legged stool
Three-legged stool
Men who are balanced often face struggles between competing roles.
The US Open is one of the biggest events on the golfing calendar for professionals.
Last year’s prize for winning the tournament was 1.8 million dollars.
This is one of the four biggest golf tournaments in the world.
Phil Mickelson is one of the best golfers of the last decade.
Out of the thousands of golfers, he is presently ranked as the 23rd best golfer in the world.
To add to his story, he has won each of the other three major tournaments but has been in second in this tournament six times.
He desperately wants to win this particular tournament to complete the lifetime grand slam of major tournaments.
He is 47 years old.
He had a conflict.
His daughter was the senior class president and was scheduled to speak at her graduation in California.
That is the problem.
He could go to the graduation in California and come back to Wisconsin to participate in the US Open under one condition.
He needed some bad weather to delay the time he had to hit his first ball.
The weather in Wisconsin was sunny.
What do you do?
He chose to go to his daughter’s graduation and withdrew from the Open.
I don’t know where Phil Mickelson is spiritually, but he is a committed golfer and a committed dad.
Two out of three puts him in the same camp as David.
David was strong spiritually.
We read the Psalms and they resonate with us.
God inspired David as he wrote the Psalms, he gifted him with an amazing ability to write songs.
We often recite , , , and others.
David was a man after God’s own heart.
We are blessed by his spiritual strengths.
David was exceptional in his career.
He kept his integrity in his dealing with his predecessor, Saul.
He won military battles.
He was able to bring a divided country together.
He brought peace and a cessation of hostilities for periods of time.
He had an excellent resume.
David did fall down in his dealings with his family.
He was not perfect.
David reminds us that God can and does use imperfect people.
You won’t like the picture the scripture paints of David as he dealt with his family.
(ESV) —1 Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar.
And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her. 2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
What should a father do when his daughter is raped by another family member?
What should a father do when his daughter is raped by another family member?
(ESV) —21 When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
22 But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.
Without getting into a lot of details, Tamar was raped by her half-brother.
David was angry, but did nothing.
Without getting into a lot of details, Tamar was raped by her half-brother.
David was angry, but did nothing.
Was it because he had done almost the same thing with Bathsheba?
Did he feel that he could not step in when he was guilty of the same sin?
Or was he strong in worship and work, but weak in dealing with his own family?
(ESV) —30 While they were on the way, news came to David, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”
31 Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth.
And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.
32 But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead.
For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king’s sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead.”
(ESV) —37 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur.
And David mourned for his son day after day.
(ESV) —37 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur.
And David mourned for his son day after day.
Absalom killed Amnon, the rapist, and David was very sad and mourned.
The context indicates he mourned for Amnon.
I say this because Absalom fled in verse 37.
He wouldn’t have fled if he had nothing to fear.
(ESV) —39 And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
This verse shows that the king had worked through the grieving process for Amnon the rapist and was now interested in renewing is some way, his relationship to Absalom, the killer.
This verse shows that the king had worked through the grieving process for Amnon the rapist and was now interested in renewing is some way, his relationship to Absalom, the killer.
Absalom killed Amnon because David did not deal with the situation.
Absalom starts a campaign to get the throne from David.
He sits outside the gate and has a sympathetic ear towards anyone who has complaints against David.
He works behind the scenes to get David kicked out.
When he comes with his army, David is forced to flee.
Now there is the decisive battle between David and Absalom.
Listen to what David says about the traitor, Absalom.
(ESV) —5 And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.”
And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.
(ESV) —9 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.
Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
10 And a certain man saw it and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.” 11 Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him!
Why then did you not strike him there to the ground?
I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”
(ESV) —9 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David.
Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
10 And a certain man saw it and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.” 11 Joab said to the man who told him, “What, you saw him!
Why then did you not strike him there to the ground?
I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”
Whereas Absalom did what David didn’t do, Joab now does what David will not do.
Why didn’t David deal with Absalom?
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