2 Samuel 9:8
"Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”
Romans 8:11
"But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you."
John 10:10
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
In 2 Samuel passage, we see that Johnathan's
son Mephibosheth is lost.
Mephibosheth is the son of Johnatahn. Johnathan is the Son of Saul. Saul is the King of Israel.
Saul has been killed. Johnathan is dead. The
caretaker who was holding Mephibosheth is stunned by the news and Mephibosheth is dropped as a child and breaks his
legs. He is disabled from this point on.
He has becomes DIS-couraged and Dis-located and DIS-connected.
"Dis" negates the power of the root word. You may be DIS-appointed but are still appointed. You don't see it, that you are still appointed, because of the "DIS".
5 is the biblical number that correlates to Grace.
Mephibosheth was dropped at age 5... dropped in Grace.
Don't find your place in a LO-wly place.
We
forget at times that God placed his hand on you. If you not careful, you will hang
out with people who are DIS-couraged, DIS-connected, and DIS-located. And
they don't see or acknowledge your anointing and then don't push you to your anointing.
David then calls out (2 Samuel 9:3-4) if there is anyone left of the house of Saul. Ziba says there is Mephibosheth. David says to go get him.
They
come to get Mephibosheth from Lo Debar. Mephibosheth can't walk. They
bring him to the table of the David, the new king.
Disabled people at this time were not allowed
at the king's table. David tells Mephibosheth you are here SOLELY based on
my relationship with your dad, Johnathan. Nothing else. Not based on how you are and what you done. Now, most likely due to the social norms, David must have covered up his brokenness
None of us deserve to be where we are. But we are because others have prayed for you that God shows you kindness.
A 37
year old got pulled over by police. He was tailgating the police car. The cop pulls him over. The young man then begins to state who he is and that he
is the son of the police chaplain. The police officer, knowing who the police chaplain is, apologizes and lets him go.
(This is not to advocate bending of the law using personal connections for your own advantage. this is to illustrate a point)
His son is
connected.
It's all about your connections !! If your connected, stay connected.
When a believer, who is suppose to live in a resurrected place, lives in another place especially a LO place, the King will come looking for you.
The King takes your broken down self and says "I holds nothing against you. The price is paid for you. You don't need to be in this negative place where you THINK you belong.
To get you, God came down and became like you. He will go anywhere to get you. He wants you that bad.
Whatever God promises to bless, he will not stop until you are blessed. .
Someone
dropped you. Disappointed you. Broke you. The one who you thought would never let
you down. And then the King comes and lifts you up and restores you.
There is a promise over your life.
The call of God is not to make you "holy holy" or "utterly righteous".
He will make you nice and kind. You will be full of joy and happiness.
The king knows of your brokenness, even if you hide it.
Bring all your DIS-functions to the foot of the cross and get back your function.
A church don't need to hunt you down or chase after you. If Jesus has hit your life, you will hunt down the church.
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