A trophy of grace - 20 March 2009 |
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2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to [Mephibosheth] ‘Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.’
Mephibosheth would have been a pitiful figure. The grandson of Saul, he was crippled in both feet, having been dropped by his nurse while still an infant (2 Sam 4:4). He would doubtless have been looked on with disdain – hopeless as a soldier, unable to look after himself or even to stand with dignity.
Yet King David invited this outcast to share the highest privilege – to eat at the King’s table. As the courtiers and visiting dignitaries stode purposefully into the great hall to take their seats at the banquet, Mephibosheth would have hobbled – or perhaps even been carried – to his seat. And their he sat, enjoying all the blessings of life in the Messiah’s Kingdom, a trophy of the King’s grace.
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Posted by Steve Jeffery · Topics: Bible, Meditations for the Lord's Supper, Minister's Blog