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2 Samuel 19:7a - Now therefore arise
Intro 1
last week, “Let God have his job back”
It is not God’s job to give you what you want
There is that scripture ”delight yourself in the Lord . . . .
“ but correctly interpreted doesn’t mean that God is a type of Santa Claus
He has said that he would give you what you need
and lo and behold, I’ve learned that God has a different definition of my needs
to make a long story short, the Christian life/Godly life is neither simple nor easy
and we see all of this come to play in the life of David
Intro 2
We have all done things that we regret
people fail, we fail, and we regret
one of the worst feelings is should’ve, could’ve, would do it differently if I could go back
many regrets come because of poor relationship choices, poor money decisions, laziness on our part, a failure to communicate, lack of patience
And David is facing regret in this narrative
he committed adultery, murder, against a friend
and though forgiven, God said there would be consequences
and David is in the middle of facing these consequences
Review
King David’s son Absalom has revolted and now it is time for the armies of both to fight
right before the battle, David instructed his soldiers to not harm his son, Absalom, because he still loves him dearly
the battle starts, and by the power of the lord, David’s forces defeat the greater forces of Absalom
Absalom is found helpless in the forest, swinging by his hair from a tree
Joab, David’s commander and cousin, kills Absalom (2nd cousin) anyway
and David though victorious, goes into mourning over the death of his son
probably felt guilty for not being the best dad
probably felt guilty for his sin contributing to this chain of events
then of course there is just the love from a father to a son
David is full of sorrow and regret
because of what he should have done, could have done, would do differently if he could go back
if only I had been with the army like I should have been, if only I let Bathsheba be when I found out she was married, if only I had admitted my mistake to Uriah!
If only I had been a better father
everything would have been different, could have been different
my son, my son, I wish I had died instead of you!
and because of that regret he begins to break down
this old testament hero begins to break down
the slayer of Goliath begins to break down
Jesus is the son of God, but Jesus nickname is the “son of David”, this David
the one who wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd” begins to break down
the one who wrote,” I will bless the Lord at all times”
and I am not looking at him in judgment, up till then David has been so strong
he showed wisdom and leadership in escaping quickly when he heard about the rebellion
he was kingly in deciding to sparing Jerusalem from being sieged
he was generous in telling Ittai and his men, “you all don’t have to be fugitives with me”
he was spiritual in leaving the ark behind,
he was prayerful that the advice of his enemies be defeated
he was all business in rewarding Ziba some land for helping him escape
he showed intelligence in setting up a spy system before he left
he demonstrated mercy while bearing the insults of Shimei as he left
he was showed perseverance in surviving in the wilderness
he demonstrated his capacity to strategize when preparing the army for battle
he was practical in listening to his men to stay out of the battle unless absolutely necessary
he showed patience is waiting for the results
he so strong, so noble, so godly, a true hero, a Bible hero
but when he hears news of his son’s death . . . he begins to break down
he held is all together so long, but things have taken their toll, so much turmoil, suffering, and the final blow of his son’s death seems to be too much
turns out that David is a normal man, and this normal man begins to break down
let me define break down
Feel like life isn’t worth living, He started to say that he wished he would have died
continue to heap Blame on yourself for the loss or for failing to prevent it
Feel numb and disconnected from others for more than a few weeks
Are unable to perform your normal daily activities
some of you are on the verge of a break of a break down
you’ve handled this and that
you’ve been noble, godly, patient, spiritual . . .
but you are a normal person like David
and it seems if one more thing goes wrong . . . .
you feel that you don’t know if I can handle it!
and God has sent a word today!
Life is so tough that you can win and lose at the same time
in this passage, David’s army has won the battle, but he has lost a son
David had hoped that his army would win and Absalom would have been captured or escaped
but all hoped for did not come to pass
remember I said it is not God’s job to give you everything you want
God gave him a miracle in escaping by giving him extra time
God gave him a miracle in letting his smaller army defeat a much larger army
but God did not spare his son
Have you ever won and lost?
you graduated from school but the school loans are staring you in the face
you finally broke away from that destructive relationship but you have lost some of the best years of your life
you achieved /been successful, but some so called friends got jealous
the truth came out and you were exonerated, but the false rumors linger on
you had sickness and you got better, but you did not fully recover
you won . . .
but you have lost
And David’s response to winning but yet losing is so weep and mourn
weeping - cry profusely, to be distraught
mourn - official sadness, state of sadness, daily sadness, despairing
he’s on the verge of a complete breakdown, all he can say is, “Oh my son, Absalom, Oh Absalom, my son, my son”
and like I said, God has a word for us if we won but still lost . . .
and are weeping and mourning
but it’s not an easy word, this verse says, “They told Joab”
and God is going to speak to us through David’s crazy, gangsta cousin . . .
Joab
the thoughts of gangsters are usually wrong, just like any other sinner
but there is a helpful simplicity to the thought process of a gangster
“get or get got” . .
by that they men kill or be killed
if one of you “rolled up on me”, I admit that it would take me a few seconds to register and react
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