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May 2 - 2 Samuel 19 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here. It is Thursday, it is the 2nd of
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  May and I'm so delighted that you have invited me into
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  whatever your day is looking like.
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  It can be such a challenge right in the business of our lives to
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  work out how do we fit in the important stuff, how do we do
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  the things that we know are really good for us.
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  And this this is a great way we get to do it right.
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  We get to come together, we get to be part of this community, we
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  get to hear God's Word and we get to realign ourselves with
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  the rhythm of Scripture. And I know that some of you had
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  said to me that you have found it so hard over the years to try
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  and get into a consistent habit of Bible reading, but that this
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  has been a way that has really worked for you.
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  And if that is you, friend, I am just so delighted because I
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  would have gifted is to be able to do this each day reading guys
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  word. And if your life is just so
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  hectic that you find it hard to do this every day, but you're
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  kind of dip in and out from time to time or you kind of binge a
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  number of days together, that doesn't matter.
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  I'm just so delighted that you are opening up God's Word with
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  myself and with all of us, because in each time that we do
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  this, God promises that His Word will not return empty.
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  So we do not just read a book, but we hear the words of a
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  living God. Words that are alive and true
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  and will teach us something today of who God is and what God
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  has for us. Joy.
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  What a privilege. What a blessed, blessed people
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  we are. So let's do it, shall we?
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  Let us continue reading through the story of Second Samuel,
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  Chapter 19. Word soon reach Joab that the
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  king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.
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  As all the people heard of the King's deep grief for his son.
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  The joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness.
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  They crept back into the town that day as though they were
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  ashamed and had deserted in battle.
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  The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying.
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  Oh my son. Absalom.
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  Oh, Absalom, my son. My son.
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  Then Joab went to the King's room and said to him, we've
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  saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your
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  daughters and your wives and concubines.
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  Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.
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  You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you.
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  You have made it clear today that your commanders and trips
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  mean nothing to you, and it seems that if Absalom had lived
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  and all of us had died, you would be pleased.
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  Now go out there and congratulate your troops, For I
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  swear by the Lord that if you don't go out, not a single one
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  of them will remain here tonight.
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  Then you'll be worse off than ever before, said the king went
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  out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news
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  spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to
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  him. Meanwhile, the Israelites who
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  had supported Absalom fled to their homes and throughout all
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  the tribes of Israel. There was much discussion and
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  argument going on. The people were saying the king
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  rescued us from our enemies and saved us from the Philistines,
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  but Absalom chased him out of the country.
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  Now Absalom, who we anointed to rule over us, is dead.
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  Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?
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  Then King David sent Zadok and Abiathar the priests, to say to
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  the elders of Judah, why are you the last ones to welcome back
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  the king into his palace? For I have heard that all Israel
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  is ready. You are my relatives, my own
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  tribe, my own flesh and blood. So why are you the last ones to
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  welcome back? The King and David told them to
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  tell Amassa. Since you are my own flesh and
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  blood, like Joab, May God strike me and even kill me if I do not
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  appoint you as commander of my army in his place.
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  Then Amassa convinced all the men of Judah and they responded
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  unanimously. They sent word to the King.
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  Return to us and bring back all who are with you.
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  So the king started back to Jerusalem, and when he arrived
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  at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came to Gilgal to meet
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  him and escort him across the river.
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  Shimei, son of Guerra, the man from Bahram in Benjamin, hurried
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  across with the men of Judah to welcome King David. 1000 Other
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  men from the tribe of Benjamin were with him, including Ziba,
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  the chief servant of the House of Saul, and Zippy's 15 sons and
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  20 servants. They rushed down to the Jordan
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  to meet the king. They crossed the shallows of the
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  Jordan to bring the King's household across the river,
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  helping him in every way they could.
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  As the king was about to cross the river, Shemale fell down
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  before him. My Lord the king, please forgive
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  me, he pleaded. Forget the terrible thing your
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  servant did when you left Jerusalem.
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  May the king put it out of his mind.
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  I know how much I've sinned. That is why I've come here
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  today, the very first person in all Israel to greet my Lord, the
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  king. Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said
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  Shimi should die, but he cursed the Lords anointed king who
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  asked your opinion? You sons of Zeruiah?
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  David exclaimed. Why have you become my adversary
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  today? This is not a day for execution,
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  for today I am once again the king of Israel.
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  Then turning to Shimei, David vowed.
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  Your life will be spared. Now.
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  Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet
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  the king. He had not cared for his feet,
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  trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king
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  left Jerusalem. Why didn't you come with me,
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  Mephibosheth? The king asked him.
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  My fitchett replied. My Lord the king, my servant
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  Ziba deceived me. I told him, saddle my donkey so
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  I can go with the king. For as you know, I'm crippled.
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  Siba has slandered me by saying that I refuse to come.
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  But I know that my Lord the king is like an Angel of God.
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  So do what you think is best. All my relatives and I could
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  expect only death from you, my Lord.
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  But instead you have honoured me by allowing me to eat at your
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  own table. What more can I ask?
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  You've said enough, David replied.
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  I've decided that you and Zebo will divide your land equally
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  between you. Give him all of it, Mephibosheth
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  said. I'm content just to have you
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  safely back again, my Lord. The King Barzilai of Gilead had
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  come down from Magellan to escort the king across the
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  Jordan. He was very old, 80 years of age
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  and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided
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  food for the king during his stay in Maha name.
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  Come across with me and live in Jerusalem, the king said to
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  Barzilai. I will take care of you there.
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  No, he replied. I am far too old to go with the
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  king to Jerusalem. I'm 80 years old today and I can
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  no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer
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  tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing.
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  I would only be a burden to my Lord the King.
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  Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the
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  honour I need. Then let me return again to die
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  in my own town where my father and mother are buried.
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  But here is your servant, my son, Kim Ham.
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  Let him go with my Lord, the King, and receive whatever you
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  want to give him. Good.
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  The King agreed. Kim Ham will go with me and I
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  will help him in any way you would like, and I will do for
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  you anything you want. So all the people crossed the
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  Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzilai
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  and kissed him, Barzilai returned to his own home.
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  The king then crossed over to Gilgal, taking Kim Ham with him.
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  All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted
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  the king on his way, but all the men of Israel complained to the
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  king. The men of Judah stole the king
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  and didn't give us the honour of helping.
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  Take you, your household and all your men across the Jordan.
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  The men of Judah replied. The King is one of our own
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  kingsmen. Why should this make you angry?
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  We haven't eaten any of the King's food or received any
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  special favours, but there are 10 tribes of Israel, the others
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  replied. So we have 10 times as much
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  right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat
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  us with such contempt? Weren't we the 1st to speak of
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  bringing him back to be our king?
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  Again, the argument continued back and forth, and the men of
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  Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel our Lord,
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  as we read this chapter. It's just so full of arguments
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  and betrayal and lies and untruths being wrapped up as
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  truth. How on earth do we navigate our
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  way through this life, Lord, when the politics around us can
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  just become overwhelming and just so disheartening, Lord?
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  You show us a better way. You show us a way of love, of
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  uncomplicated, unconditional love, of saying the dignity of
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  each person, seeing them as created children, children of
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  the Most High God who loves them.
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  Well, Lord, I just thank you for showing us a better way.
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  I thank you for the lens that you give us to see our lives
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  through and the way that that shines.
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  Your character, your uncomplicated character.
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  You're a good, good father, and so worthy of our adoration and
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  our trust and our praise. For you are good all the way to
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  your core and back out again. So we submit to you our good
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  God. We love you and we praise you,
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  and we want to be more like you, so we pray all these things in
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  the name of your Son. I'm in.