2 Samuel 18 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

2 Samuel 18 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on. 2 Samuel‬ ‭18‬:‭9‬ ‭– We learn in Proverbs 16:18 that pride goes for destruction, and this certainly was the case for Absalom. In this chapter we see Absalom charging into battle after taking the advice from one of his counselors. He thought this would gain him glory and set him apart as a warrior like his father David was in the kingdom. We also learn from a couple chapters ago that Absalom was consumed with his looks and had long hair that weighed over 5 pounds. Why that’s important to note is we now have the prideful wannabe king rushing into battle to gain glory, and the looks he elevated so much in his life became his downfall. His head got stuck in a tree, likely by all his amazing hair getting caught up in the branches. Now instead of a majestic warrior king, we have a man hanging by his hair from a tree with no one to help him, soon to be killed by his enemies. While a lesson we may take from this is not to have long hair, I believe that wouldn’t be God’s message for us. Instead we are to see where pride leads us. When we are consumed with our vanity our glory, often what is lost is those very things. Let us choose to be consumed with God’s glory and God looking good to the world around us. Absalom made the choice to be consumed with himself, and his life ended as far from glory as one could get. Let your life be about the God who deserves all glory. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3037

Question To Ponder: Why is glory such an attractive thing to some people? 

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