Friday we took a journey into the life of a boy named Mephibosheth (Sheth). To recap, we learned that Sheth, as a boy, experienced some pretty harsh tragedies. Later in life, the king summons him to his palace to show him kindness. Then Sheth is given his inheritance and begins to eat regularly from the king’s table.
Today, would you consider the following questions with me? What if Sheth could not get past his “dead dog” mentality and didn’t feel worthy enough to come into the king’s presence? What if he allowed the pains of yesterday to effect him so severely that he simply refused to come into the king’s presence? What if Sheth fell into a pile of misunderstanding and just couldn’t believe the king was really calling him to come? The implications would be devastating: Sheth would not have experienced how kind and loving the king really was. Second, he would have given up his inheritance to someone else. Lastly, he would have never discovered what it was like to dine in a place of honor with the king.
Listen, God loves all of us and He’s calling us to come. We did not choose Him, but He chose us. He invites us to come to Him just as we are. Lost, hurting, broken, discouraged, confused, bound, dirty, messed up, dried up and fed up. He can handle any and all of our problems. Nothing knocks Him off His throne. We are never too far gone. We will never blow it big enough. He is dialing our number and it’s up to us to answer His call. Jesus said “How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me”. (Matt. 23:37) Can you see it? Can you see Jesus stretching out His arms to gather us up under His wings of protection and provision? He longs to show us that He is kind, but we must let Him! One of the greatest acts of kindness our Father exhibited was by sending His Son to take all of the punishment for our sins so that we can come boldly to His throne of grace – not with our head hanging down like a “dead dog”. In His kindness, He said He would give us beauty for our ashes, the oil of joy instead of sadness and fill our mouth with praise instead of a state of depression that circumstances have kept us. (Isaiah 61:3)
Additionally, our Father has left us an amazing inheritance! You and I cannot claim what belongs to us if we don’t know what He has left for us in His Will. We must be fed daily at the table of our King. He has many things to show us and many things to teach us. All He requires from us is that we come.
There is nothing more exhilarating, nothing more fulfilling, and nothing more satisfying than to be in the presence of the King, hear Him whisper in our ear and dine on His Words of Truth! Mmmm, mmm, mmm…let’s taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!