Is there anyone left?

It can feel catastrophicly sad to feel left out, forgotten and destitute. We live in a selfish world where people look out only for their interests. Have you ever felt left out and forgotten only for someone out of sheer kindness looks out for you? “What about Kevin?” Its not fair to leave him out!

Well David the king in the Old Testament was wallowing in comfort and plenty in his castle then all of a sudden a gush of kindness burst forth!

2 Samuel 9:1” Is there anyone still left in the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathans sake?”

The initiative starts with David and there is absolutely no reason humanly speaking for him to do so. This was a king who subjected him to an amount of suffering.  He was Vilified by Saul but for what? being a fine young man who kept after God becoming his favorite? King Saul chased this man up to the caves but even as the most opportune time presented itself for David to have his revenge in the caves of Adullam, still he would not lay his hands on the lord’s anointed.

He asks “is there anyone still left in the house of Saul to whom I can show mercy?” Maybe you are there feeling left out, insignificant and an object of distant and fading memories. The stakes looked like so for Mephibosheth. But the king remembered him.

The king is a type of God himself who has promised to draw us to himself with his loving kindness. Jeremiah 31:3. We can rely on his unfailing love.

What is your servant that you should notice a dad dog like me?  2Sam 9:8

But we look down on ourselves, we get to pin ourselves down and the thumb of low self-esteem hovers over us. What matters is the kindness that the master has shown us.

Vs 13. Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, cause he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame at both table.

Despite being lame, we are always invited at the kings table. What is it that is our lameness? Is it sin? Is it shame?  Reproach of men? There is an invitation for us at the kings table set out right there in the midst of our enemies!

Someone estimated that the kings table as enough covering and is decorated well enough to cover our disability. He has covered us. The king has covered you. Don’t ever leave that table!