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April 23 - 2 Samuel 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Tuesday the 23rd of April
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  and here we are ready to read another chapter of God's word.
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  I hope your day is looking good or has been a good one.
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  And the good news is that no matter how your day was, it has
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  to be better than poor old King David and the way that his days
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  are going to be shaping. Because while God said that he
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  would not die from his sin with Bathsheba, unfortunately this
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  has consequences for his family. And the rest of this week and
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  beyond we will see those consequences playing out through
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  his children and the way that violence and death and and
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  betrayal will now become part of his family.
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  Just another example of what God has made so good.
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  And we have a habit of messing up, but still God has a habit of
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  continuing to walk with us even through the mess we've made.
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  And he is gracious to us and I'm certainly grateful for that.
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  And I reckon you might be too, friend.
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  So yes, with a heavy heart, we need to read through these sad,
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  sad turns that happen in his family.
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  But in the midst of all this, Holy Spirit, may we see you at
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  work, and may you share something of you to touch us so
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  that we leave this reading a change people knowing you more
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  fully. Alright, friends, let's read it.
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  Let's read Second Samuel chapter 13
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  now. David's son Absalom had a
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  beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon, her half brother,
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  felt desperately in love with her.
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  Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill.
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  She was a virgin and Amnon thought he could never have her.
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  But Amnon had a very crafty friend, his cousin Jonadab.
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  He was the son of David's brother Shemia.
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  One day, Jonadab said to Amnon, What's the trouble?
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  Why should the son of a king look so dejected?
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  Morning after morning, Sir, Amnon told him.
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  I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
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  Well, Jonadab said. I'll tell you what to do.
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  Go back to bed and pretend you were ill.
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  When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come
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  and prepare some food for you. Tell him you'll feel better as
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  she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.
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  Sir Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick, and when the king
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  came to see him, Amnon asked him, Please let my sister Tamar
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  come and cook my favourite dishes I watch, then I can eat
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  it from her own hands. So David agreed and sent Tamar
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  to Amnon's house to prepare some food for him.
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  When Tamar arrived at Amnon's house, she went to the place
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  where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough.
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  Then she baked his favourite dish for him.
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  But when she set the serving tray before him, he refused to
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  eat. Everyone get out of here, Amnon
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  told his servants. So they all left.
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  Then he said to Tamar, Now bring the food into my bedroom and
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  feed it to me. Here, Sir.
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  Tamar took his favourite dish to him but as she was feeding him,
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  he grabbed her and demanded. Come to bed with me, my darling
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  sister. No, my brother, she cried.
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  Don't be foolish, don't do this to me.
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  Such wicked things aren't done in Israel.
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  Where could I go in my shame? And you would be called one of
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  the greatest fools in Israel. Please just speak to the king
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  about it and he will let you marry me.
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  But Amnon wouldn't listen to her, and since he was stronger
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  than she was, he raped her. Then suddenly, Amnon's love
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  turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her.
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  Get out of here, he snarled at her.
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  No, no, Tamar cried. Sending me away now is worse
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  than what you've already done to me.
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  But Amnon wouldn't listen to her.
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  He shouted for his servant and demanded throw this woman out
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  and lock the door behind her. So the servant put her out and
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  locked the door behind her. She was wearing a long,
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  beautiful robe, as was the custom in those days for the
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  King's virgin daughters, but now Tamar tore her robe and put
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  ashes on her head, and then, with her face in her hands, she
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  went away crying. Her brother Absalom saw her and
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  asked. Is it true that Amnon has been
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  with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for
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  now. Since he's your brother, don't
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  you worry about it. So Tamar lived as a desolate
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  woman in her brother's Absalon's house.
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  When King David heard what had happened, he was very angry and
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  though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon
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  deeply because of what he had done to his sister.
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  Two years later when Absalom sheep were being sheared at Baal
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  Hazor near Ephram, Absalom invited all the King's son to
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  come to a feast. He went to the king and said, My
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  sheep shearers are now at work with the king and his servants.
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  Please come down to celebrate the occasion with me, the king
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  replied. No, my son, if we all came, we
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  would be too much of A burden for you, Absalom pressed him.
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  But the king would not come, though he gave Absalom his
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  blessing. Well then, Absalom said.
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  If you can't come, how about sending my brother Amnon with
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  us? Why I am non?
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  The king asked. But Absalon kept on pressuring
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  the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend,
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  including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit
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  for a king. Absalom told his men.
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  Wait until Amnon gets drunk. Then at my signal, kill him.
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  Don't be afraid. I'm the one who's given the
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  command. Take courage and do it so it
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  Absalom signal they murdered Abdon and the other sons of the
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  king jumped on their mules and fled.
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  As they were on their way back to Jerusalem, this report
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  reached David Absalom has killed all the King's sons.
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  Not one is left alive. The king got up, tore his robe
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  and threw himself on the ground. His advisors also tore their
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  clothes in a horror and sorrow. But just then Jonadab, the son
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  of David's brother Shemya arrived and said no, don't
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  believe that all the kings sons have been killed.
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  It was only a Bnon. Absalon has been plotting this
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  ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
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  No my Lord the king, your sons aren't all dead.
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  It was only Agnon. Meanwhile, Absalom escaped.
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  Then the Watchmen on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd
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  coming down the hill on the road from the West.
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  He ran to tell the King. I see a crowd of people coming
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  from the Horror Name Rd along the side of the hill.
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  Look, Jonadab told the king. There they are now.
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  The King's sons are coming, just as I said.
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  They soon arrived weeping and sobbing, and the King and all
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  his servants wept bitterly with them, and David mourned many
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  days for his son Amnon. Absalom fled to his grandfather.
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  Tell me, son of a Mayhood, the king of Gesher.
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  He stayed there in Gesha for three years, and King David, now
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  reconciled to Amnon's death, longed to be reunited with his
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  son Absalom. Lord, as we read these words, it
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  all feels a little hopeless and just so broken.
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  But Lord, we know that this is not the entire story, not
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  David's life, not the lives of his sons and all those
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  generations. This is not the whole story, but
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  we know that you have sent us your Son and that he has
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  redeemed all of us. He has made a way to make all of
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  this brokenness right again and present us before you, holy and
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  blameless, sanctified daily, again and again and again,
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  because you know how much we need that.
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  And as we live our lives and we find ourselves in situations,
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  often even of our own making, that just feels so broken, Lord,
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  help us lean into your wholeness and that your wholeness can
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  cover over no matter how deeply broken we are.
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  It's like a healing balm. It can cover over that
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  brokenness and it can present us before you, Lord, How and loved.
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  We don't get how that works, but Gee, we are grateful for it.
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  And so we love you, and we praise you, and we worship you,
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  our saving God, and all in the saving name of Jesus.
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  We pray these things, I'm in.