Key Words: But the king spared Mephibosheth
As you can see from the key verse, Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan and the grandson of King Saul. He was only five years old when Jonathan, his father, and Saul, his grandfather, died on Mount Gilboa. When the nurse of Mephibosheth heard of his father’s and grandfather’s death, she took up the young lad and began to flee in fear that David would come and take his life. In the process of fleeing, the nurse let Mephibosheth fall. As a result, he was lame the remainder of his life.
But in the story of Mephibosheth, we have a beautiful picture of God’s grace.
David goes looking for Mephibosheth because of a vow he had made with Jonathan. Finding the young lad, he took him up barefoot to the king’s palace, fed him, clothed him in royal apparel, and provided for him all the days of his life.
This is a picture of God’s grace to us. We were lame spiritually, running from God, and He sent His Spirit to find us to bring us to Jesus, Who will clothe us, feed and nurture us spiritually all the days of our life. To God be the glory!
Reader’s Digest wrote of the late Harvey Penick:
“For 90-year-old golf pro Harvey Penick, success has come late. His first golf book, Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, has sold more than a million copies, which his publisher believes makes it one of the biggest things in the history of sports books. His second book, And If You Play Golf, You’re My Friend, has already sold nearly three-quarters of a million. But anyone who imagines that Penick wrote the books to make money doesn’t know the man. In the 1920s Penick bought a red spiral notebook and began jotting down observations about golf. He never showed the book to anyone except his son, until 1991, when he shared it with a local writer and asked if he thought it was worth publishing. The man read it and told him yes. He left word with Penick’s wife the next evening that Simon & Schuster had agreed to an advance of $90,000. When the writer saw Penick later, the old man seemed troubled. Finally, Penick came clean. With all his medical bills, he said, there was no way he could advance Simon & Schuster that much money. The writer had to explain that Penick would be the one to receive the $90,000.”
People often have Penick’s reaction to the fabulous gift of salvation offered in Jesus Christ. We ask, “What must I do?” God answers, “Just receive.”
What to do:
✞ Do not run from God, just simply accept His miraculous gift of salvation provided by and through His great grace.
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