~His Child Exalts Himself~

His Child Exalts Himself

2 Samuel 15-18

Absalom, David’s son tries to take his father’s seat and kingdom. He devises plans to deceive the people of Israel for his own personal gain. He is prideful and exalts himself above the King of Israel. This is evil and demonic. Absalom even goes into this father’s concubines and plans on murdering King David. The elders of Israel agree, probably because they didn’t want to die.

The foreigner Ittai, much like Ruth, vows never to leave David’s side. The King then goes up to the Mount of Olives crying with his head covered with his people following behind him weeping with their heads covered as well.

King David’s spy and close friend, Hushai, tells Absalom that David is mad like a bear robbed of her cubs. We also see this in Hosea 13:6-8 “When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me. “So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk; I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them.”

King David and his people were warned of the attack that would take place and they all crossed over the Jordan.

They were strengthened in the wilderness. The King’s people prepared for war and protected the King.

The battle was took place in the woods of Ephraim, which will later be described as the disobedient sheep who were scattered and the King defeated the people of Israel who had sided with the enemy.

Absalom was found hanging in an oak tree and the death of King David’s son is like the death of God’s children who are disobedient, prideful, and evil. He loves them and wants to save them but their own pride and disobedience kills them.

King David cries out and weeps saying that he wishes he would have died in his son’s place.

Today, we have a King who died in our place. We were prideful and disobedient weren’t we? But that’s all changed now that we understand the love that God had for His children. We are the children of God. We are the children of God.

So now it’s time to be obedient, no longer in sin, no longer practicing lawlessness because of our pride. We set our pride aside in come before the Lord God Almighty in humility, learning His times, His seasons, His ways, and His law. It’s all about Him. We do this because we love Him.

Christ Jesus died for our sins so we could go and sin no more. I dare you to keep the 4th Commandment with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and see what happens to your relationship with Creator of sunrises and sunsets, music and dance, stars and galaxies.

Then I dare you to keep your 1st Passover like the children of God did all throughout the Bible when they came back to God. When they repented of their sins and decided to follow Christ. There’s the world’s calendar and then there’s God’s calendar.

I know this sounds foreign to you but like the foreigner, let’s vow to never leave His side, going where He goes, and doing what He tells us to do in humility.