- 2 Samuel 15 Daily DEVO Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2 Samuel 15:6 – We must pick up on the key word “stole.” Often when referring to someone who fought valiantly for God we’d see scripture say they “won” the hearts of the people. Meaning through their efforts and God working through them, they rightfully deserved the people looking highly upon them. Here though that’s not what we read. Steal here means he stealthily took from them; it even could mean he kidnapped theirs hearts. He was trying to keep them from seeing and knowing about what he was doing. What I believe we can learn from this is if you have to hide what you’re doing from others it probably isn’t pleasing to God. Outside of you trying to worship God under persecution, if what you’re doing you fear others finding out about then I’d advise you to check whether that should be something in your life. Example, if you fear people touching your phone because you don’t want them seeing the photos you have on it then maybe you shouldn’t be taking those photos. Or if you speak words outside of church that you’d never speak inside church, why is that ok? I want to challenge you to look at the way you act, talk, and think. What things are you trying to keep hidden? Know that everything that’s hidden will eventually come out into the light. Let’s live the sort of life that if any aspect of our life has a light shone on it we be comfortable letting it be seen by others and God. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 446
- Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you.” But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my Lord the king lives, wherever my Lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.” 2 Samuel 15:19-21 – It’s important that you have people in your story reminding you of who you actually are. The circumstances that King David had found himself in were causing him to question his role as king, he even in this passage refers to someone else as king instead of him. Yet notice God didn’t entertain that way of thinking. When referring to David, scripture continues to say king, God also brought the voice of the faithful around King David who as well spoke the truth about who he was. You might as well forget who you are due to the circumstances you found yourself in, but God hasn’t. Nor has those who are faithful to God forgotten who you are in Christ. Circumstances can cause you to believe you’re alone, unwanted, hated by God, forgotten by God, and no longer a child of His. Just know though labels aren’t coming from the voice of Jesus but the voice of your enemy. Listen to the words of scripture and the voice of those who are faithfully following Jesus around you to remind you of who you truly are in Christ. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1874
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