2 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 14

Morgan - Borrow Life applications from every chapter of the Bible God . . . deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from Him.—2 Sa 14.14 This was the supreme argument employed by the wise woman of Tekoah, as, at the instigation of Joab, she sought to persuade David to recall Absalom. The story in itself is a somewhat perplexing one. Opinions widely differ as to why Joab thus set himself to bring back Absalom. These, however, need not concern us now. It is of great interest to observe that this woman knew God, and here uttered one of the most beautiful things, and the most true, ever said about Him. This is the whole of redemption revealed in a sentence. Man is banished from God by his own sin, and that most righteously; and, in the interest of the perfect order of all things, is necessarily banished. Nevertheless he, the banished one, is not abandoned by God. His love is unchanged toward the sinning man, even though His wrath is kindled against his sin. This is the love that will not let us go. But how can the banished one be saved from being an out-cast? The answer is that "God .. . deviseth means." In all the fulness of human history we learn how much that statement is worth. Literally the statement is that God "thinketh thoughts." These must be thoughts of holiness; and they are thoughts of love. Then they are thoughts in which both these combine, and discover a way of rescue, of recall, of restoration for banished souls. The thoughts of God then become thoughts of self-emptying, of sacrifice, and of taking all the responsibility for the wrong of the banished one. Thus guilt is cancelled, and the way of return is made possible. It is a glorious word, this; and introduces us to the unfathomable mystery of the love of God, which in its working can never be interpreted; but in which the soul finds its healing and its perfect rest. 2 Samuel 14:15 "Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, 'Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant. SHE IS STILL CONTINUING HER PARABLE Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid - NLT - "because people have threatened me." Here the woman of Tekoa now returns to her own situation and plight. So your maidservant said, 'Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant - NLT - "I said to myself, 'Perhaps the king will listen to me." 2 Samuel 14:16 'For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son from the inheritance of God.' For the king will hear and deliver (rescue) his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son (cut us off) from the inheritance of God.' - NET - "Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!'"