2 SAMUEL 9 CHAPTR 5-7
HOW TO EMBRACE GRACE
5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son
Ammiel, from Lodebar
6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
I WANNA TALK THIS MORNING ON HOW TO EMBRACE GRACE, HOW DO WE
EMBRACE GRACE? WHAT WOULD GRACE LOOK LIKE
IT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE THE BLIND MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESA, OR MAYBE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE, OR PERHALPS IT WOULD LOOK LIKE YOU AND ME
THIS MORNING I WANNA LOOK AT METPHIBOSETH, LIKE THE BLIND MAN AND THE AND THE PROSTITUTE AND MANY OTHERS THEY LOOK OF NO VALUE, THEY BRING NOTHING TO THE TABLE, THEY ARE OUTCAST, THEY ARE THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
AND HERE THIS MORNNG IS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN NAME METPHIBOSETH
THE STORY GOES, DAVID IS NOW IN THE THRONE ROOM IN HIS PALACE, HE IS NOW THE KING IN JERULESM, SITTING DOWN IN HIS PALACE, HE BEGANS TO THINK ABOUT HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN TO HIM, HOW FAR GOD HAS BROUGHT HIM, HOW MANY DOORS GOD HAS OPENED FOR HIM, AND DAVID REMEMBERS HE IS NOT WHERE HE IS BY HIMSELF, AND I THINK I OUTTA SAY THIS TODAY, NOBODY IS SELF MADE, IF YOU’RE ANYWHERE, SOMEBODY HELPED YOU GET THERE, SOMEBODY PRAYED FOR YOU, SOMEBODY GAVE YOU A PUSH, GAVE YOU A HELPING HAND, YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU ARE BY YOURSELF, IT’S BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT SOMEBODY HELPED YOU
SO, DAVID STARTED THINKING ABOUT JOHATHAN AND HOW JONATHAN LOVED HIM INSPITE OF HOW HIS FATHER HATED HIM, BUT JONATHAN ALREADY KNEW THAT DAVID WOULD BE THE NEXT KING
SO, DAVID IS NOW KING, HE IS NO LONGER A SWEET LITTLE BOY WITH AN INSTRUMENT, AND DESPITE THE MANY TIMES SAUL TRIED TO KILL HIM DAVID REFUSED TO RETALIATE, HE REFUSED TO TOUCH GOD’S ANNOITED KING
BECAUSE WHEN GOD HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU, IT’S FOR YOU, YOU DON’T HAVE TO UNDERCUT ANYBODY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHEAT OR STEAL, YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE WHAT BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE WHEN GOD CHOOSES TO BLESS YOU, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY HATE ON YOU THEY CAN’T STOP YOU, NO MATTER HOW MANY ROAD BLOCKS THEY PUT BEFORE YOU THEY CAN’T STOP YOU. IF GOD BE FOR YOU WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU AMEN!
SOMEBODY TRIED TO STOP YOU BUT LOOK AT FAR GOD BROUGHT YOU, LOOK AT HOW MANY DOORS HE’S OPENED FOR YOU, HOW MANY WAYS HE MADE FOR YOU, DISPITE YOUR ENEMIES, ONLY GOD CAN PREPARE A TABLE FOR YOU IN THE MIST OF YOUR ENEMIES, AND ALL THEY CAN DO IS WATCH YOU EAT
THEY MAY GET MAD BUT THEY CAN’T STOP GOD FROM BLESSING YOU, FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL
SO, DAVID IS JUST THINKING OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD, AND HE ASKS, IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL THAT I MAY SHOW KINDNESS BECAUSE OF JONATHAN (THAT WORD KINDNRESS IN HERBREW IS PRONOUNCED K-SED) IN ENGLISH IT’S LOVING KINDNESS, IT’S SHOWING SOMEBODY GRACE EVEN WHEN THEY DON’T DESERVE IT, IT’S BEING KIND EVEN WHEN THEY CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING IN RETURN, ITS SHOWING FAVOR TO SOMEONE BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS KIND TO YOU
YOU’RE NOT SO BLESSED BECAUSE YOU’RE SO HOLY, NO SOMEBODY IN YOUR PAST WAS GOOD TO SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMLY WAS GOOD TO SOMEBODY, I’M HERE NOW BECAUSE SOMEBODY PRAYED FOR ME
HE SAID, IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL, HE SAID ANY? THAT WORD ANY MEANS HE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN QUITERIA , HE DON’T HAVE TO BE A SOLDIER, HE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A BIG NAME, HE SAID ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL, THAT MAKES ME WANNA SHOUT THIS MORNING, GOD CAN SAVE ANYBODY, GOD CAN WORK WITH ANYBODY, GOD CAN PICK UP ANYBODY, AND THE REASON I KNOW GOD CAN SAVE ANYBODY IS BECAUSE HE SAVED ME, ANYBODY CAN BE SAVED BECAUSE HE LOVES EVERYBODY, AND I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’VE DONE IN YOUR PAST BECAUSE EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE, ANYBODY! I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’VE DONE, DRUGS, ALCHOLIC, ABORTION, PROSTITUTION, GOD CAN SAVE YOU
HE SAID IS THERE ANYBODY OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL? FINALLY, SOMEBODY SAID THERE’S A SERVANT NAME JIBA, AND JIBA SAID THERE’S ONE LEFT OF SAUL’S HOUSE BUT HE’S CRIPPLE, HE’S LAME AND CRIPPLE IN BOTH FEET. LISTEN MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GRACE DON’T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT YOU BACKGROUND, GRACE DON’T CARE ABOUT WHO YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER IS, GRACE DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT DEGREE YOU PROCESS, GRACE JUST SAYS BRING HIM HERE. SO THEY GO DOWN TO THE HOUSE OF MACHUM IN THE TOWN OF LODABAR AND BRING THIS BOY METPHIOBETH, AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SHOUT HERE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY FOUND HIM IN THE HOUSE OF MACHUM, THE HOUSE OF MACHUM MEANS SOLD, AND HE’S IN LODABAR AND LODABAR MEANS NO HOPE, AND THE NAME METPHIBOSETH MEANS SHAMEFUL. SO, HE FINDS THIS YOUNG MAN SOLD, WITH NO HOPE, SHAMEFUL, AND THEY BRINGS HIM TO THE KINGS TABLE.
AND THAT’S A PICTURE OF EVERYONE TODAY THAT DON’T KNOW JESUS, SOLD INTO THE SLAVE OF SIN WITH NO HOPE AND SHAMEFUL
BUT IF YOU FIND THE LORD AND HE CLEAN YOU UP, YOU GOT A SEAT AT THE KINGS TABLE, THAT’S HOW GRACE IS EXTENDED, BUT LET ME SHOW YOU HOW GRACE IS EMBRACED
SO, THEY BRNG HIM INTO THE KINGS PALACE, AND NORMALLY NO ONE COMES IN THE KINGS PRESENCE LOOKING A CERTAIN WAY, I MEAN YOU COULDN’T EVEN COME WITH A FROWN, AND YOU CERTAINLY COULDN’T COME AS A CRIPPLE, NOT IN THE KINGS PRESENCE, BUT DAVID SAID IS THERE ANYBODY REMAINING IN SAUL’S FAMILY?
NOW HERE IS HOW THEY BRING IN METPHIBISETH, THIS IS HOW YOU EMBRACE GRACE, NOT LIKE SOME OF US THIS MORNING, WE GO INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD WITH OUR FACE MADE UP, PUFFED UP FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT DAVID SAID I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, YOU OUTTA BE GRATEFUL THAT GOD ALLOWED YOU TO COME INTO HIS PRESENCE- METPHIBISETH EMBRACED WITH A HUMBLE HEART FOR HE SAID WHO AM I THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A DEAD DOG, WHO AM I THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO COME INTO YOUR PRESENCE, THAT’S HUMILITY
WHEN YOU STAND BY ME AND MEASURE YOURSELF, YOU’RE TALLER THAN I AM, IF YOU’RE ON THIS LINE AND YOU NEVER DRANK OR SMOKED OR STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT OR GAMBLED OR LIED, YOU’RE TALLER THAN I AM, BUT IF YOU MEASURE YOURSELF UP AGAINST JESUS, YOU’LL SEE HOW SMALL YOU ARE, AND IF HE ALLOWS YOU TO COME INTO HIS PRESENCE YOU OUTTA HUMBLE YOURSELF, LEAVE YOUR EGO OUTSIDE, LEAVE YOUR DEGREE ON THE WALL
METPHILBOSETH COMES AND HUMBLES HIMSELF, HE IS SEATED AT THE KINGS TABLE WITH SOLOMON, TAMAR, AND ABNER AND ALL THE KINGS OFFICIALS
AND THE TABLECLOTH ON THE TABLE IS LONG TO COVER EVERYONE’S FEET, AND HE’S COVERED FROM WAIST DOWN AND HE LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,
HE DON’T LOOK LIKE WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH, HE’S NO LONGER LOST, WITHOUT HOPE AND NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF
HE’S AT THE KINGS TABLE WHERE HE ATE THE REST OF HIS DAYS
THAT’S THE KIND OF GOD WE SERVE, HE’LL CLEAN YOU UP, SO YOU CAN FEAST AT HIS TABLE, HE’LL COVER THOSE IMPERFECTIONS, HE’LL DRY THOSE WEEPING EYES SO YOU WON’T LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU BEEN THRU,
I KNOW WHAT I WAS BUT THANK GOD I’M NOT THAT PERSON ANYMORE BECAUSE I’M AT THE KINGS TABLE FEASTING ON GOD’S GRACE
