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The Heart of God
What’s our view of God? Do we misunderstand his nature?
Authoritarian God
Distant God
Critical God.
One way we can get a glimpse of God’s heart is to read about David since he was “a man after God’s own heart.”
i. David’s question showed a great love because Saul made himself an enemy of David.
It was customary in those days for the king of a new dynasty to completely massacre anyone connected with the prior dynasty.
David went against the principle of revenge and against the principle of self-preservation and asked what he could do for the family of his enemy.
Lo-Debar Place-name variously spelled in Hebrew to mean “no word” or “to him a word” or “to speak.”
No Pasture.
Pasture-less.
n house.
Instead, he lived in the house of another man.
Mephibosheth lived a life knowing what was done to him and the condition he lived in wasn’t his fault.
Running from God cripples us.
We usually find ourselves in places like Lo- Debar
Mephibosheth was in hiding.
Lo-Debar Place-name variously spelled in Hebrew to mean “no word” or “to him a word” or “to speak.”
No Pasture.
Pastureless.
Alpaugh, Or Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker.
A lothed, disgusting place to hide.
He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel: This speaks of Mephibosheth’s low station in life.
He didn’t even have his own house.
Instead, he lived in the house of another man.
He fell on his face and prostrated himself: According to the custom of the times, Mephibosheth had a lot to fear from David.
Yet his fear of David was not founded in fact, only on assumption.
We assume God is an authoritarian.
Fact, He’s a loving God.
We assume God is critical.
Fact, He’s accepting and affirming .
We are hardwired for affirmation.
Opposite: denial, rejection, disowning, abandonment.
We assume God is distant.
Fact, He desires long walks with us.
It’s God’s heart to restore your worth.
To share in His provision.
To adopt us and place us in a loving family.
To be sustained in our weakness.
You will be better off.
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