Walking out of Lode bar
2 Samuel 9 New
King James Version (NKJV)
David’s Kindness to
Mephibosheth
9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of
Saul, that I may show him [a]kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had
called him to David, the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?”
He said, “At your service!”
3 Then the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I
may show the kindness of God?”
And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a
son of Jonathan who is lame
in his feet.”
4 So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is in the house of Machir
the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
5 Then King David sent and brought him out of
the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth[b] the son of Jonathan, the
son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face and prostrated himself.
Then David said, “Mephibosheth?”
And he answered, “Here is your servant!”
7 So David said to him, “Do not fear, for I
will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore
to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my
table continually.”
8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should
look upon such a dead dog as I?”
9 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant,
and said to him, “I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to
Saul and to all his house. 10 You therefore, and
your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring
in the harvest, that
your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s
son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons
and twenty servants.
11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to
all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do.”
“As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall eat
at [c]my table like one of the king’s
sons.” 12 Mephibosheth had a young son whose
name was Micha. And
all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants
of Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in
Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was
lame in both his feet.
The name Lode bar was a place which was considered a low
land; a region with no prosperity. it literally means “no pasture”, “no word”
or “no communication”.
Believers’ many at times we tend to look at the present
which has no pastures like Lode bar instead of the future which God promises
will be like the King’s palace. Brethren purpose to believe in the report of
the Lord and not the “now moment” which is not your permanent situation like Mephibosheth
who was restored back to the high places dining with kings. Believe, I say
Believe!
Blessings
This sermon was brought to you by Sister Brenda Aritho. A teacher
of the gospel ministering at Teaching Transformation Ministry.
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