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Your Name Magnified Forever
8/11 – Who Has Your Heart? (2 Samuel 15:13-23)
Summary: When David gets the news of Absalom’s rebellion, he says to all his servants who are with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom.
Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
The king’s servants respond.
They say, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.”
So, the king goes out.
All his household follows.
David leaves ten concubines to keep the house.
The king goes out, and all the people after him.
They stop at the last house.
All his servants pass by him, including six hundred Gittites who followed him from Gath.
They pass before him.
Then David speaks to Ittai the Gittite.
He asks, “Why do you also go with us?” David tells him to go back home, and David gives a blessing saying, “mercy and truth be with you.”
Ittai responds to David.
He says, “As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”
David replies, saying, “Go then, pass on.”
So Ittai the Gittite passes on with all his men and all the little ones with him.
And all the land weeps aloud as all the people pass by.
And the king crosses the brook Kidron, and all people pass on toward the wilderness.
Main Idea: It’s a time of intense civil unrest.
The nation of Israel is in turmoil.
Why?
Many people are joining Absalom’s conspiracy.
Their hearts go after an enemy.
In contrast, servants of king David show themselves to be faithful to him.
By their own lips, they tell him that they will do whatever he decides.
They will go wherever he goes.
They are loyal and courageous servants to the exile king.
Which king will you follow?
Who is your true king?
Which king has your heart?
Sermon Idea: Who has your heart?
Are you loyal to the true king, Jesus?
Does He have your heart?
What does that look like?
What are the marks of a loyal servant, one who follows Him with a steadfast and faithful love?
As we look at this passage, we see that there are at least two defining traits of a loyal servant.
DOES A RIVAL KING HAVE YOUR HEART?
13 And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”
The writer contrasts two people here.
On the one hand, Absalom is ambitious.
He takes short cuts.
He says what people want to hear.
He is proud.
He is murderous.
His relationship with the LORD seems like a sham.
He is not loyal to his father.
He is sneaky.
He seeks to harm the LORD’s anointed king.
Absalom puts himself forward as king.
He steals hearts.
He is a rival.
Absalom is an enemy king.
On the other hand, David is loyal.
His relationship with the LORD is real.
David is humble.
He seeks the welfare of others.
He says what people need to hear.
He takes the difficult path.
He bolsters hearts.
He leads well.
He is regal.
He is the true king.
Yet, he is about to be an exile.
Which king would you follow?
Who would have your heart?
Do not underestimate your rival.
Your enemy, Satan, is proud.
He says what you want to hear.
He makes such big promises.
But he is a liar.
He is a thief.
He steals hearts.
He seeks to harm the LORD’s anointed.
He wants to destroy Jesus’ church.
As one who can look so good, Satan wants to make us look so bad.
He starts early and doesn’t relent in his deceptive plans.
Make no mistake, Satan is a rival.
He is your enemy.
Don’t give him your heart!
DOES AN EXILE KING HAVE YOUR HEART?
You are ready to do whatever he decides!
14 Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom.
Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
David takes firm, quick action.
After a time of being slow to make any decisions, the king now does not hesitate to make a bold decision.
Listen to what he says, “Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom.
Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
He urges his household to leave Jerusalem without delay.
David takes seriously the news about Absalom’s rebellion.
David does not want his enemy to trap him.
He does not want his enemy to destroy the city he loves.
It’s clear that David does not underestimate his rival.
It’s also clear that David wants the best for his servants.
He seeks their welfare.
He seeks their deliverance from the enemy.
Here David shows himself a bold, wise, and loving king.
And his servants respond with loyal courage.
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