1 Samuel
30:11-15
11 They
found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave
him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink, 12 and
they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when
he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for
three days and three nights. 13 And
David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I
am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind
because I fell sick three days ago. 14 We
had made a raid against the Negeb of the Cherethites and against that which
belongs to Judah and against the Negeb of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with
fire.” 15 And
David said to him, “Will you take me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to
me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master,
and I will take you down to this band.”
David and his band of merry men find an Egyptian in the open country. The Egyptian is for all practical purposes dead. He has been left for dead three days and three nights. He is provided with water, cake and raisins, in order to revive his spirit. It is only when he is revived, that he will help them provide vengeance upon those who burned Ziklag and raided Judah.
This text may seem like another little narrative in the long story of David. It may be a text easily glanced over. Or maybe you make some of the simple connections in the above paragraph. But we want to think about the Future King reviving the life of a Egyptian. Most of us are more them happy to talk about vengeance. We are even happy to talk about a lost young boy finding a way home, or making a new home.
The King will work for vengeance. He will work to provide justice for his people. Jesus Christ provides justice for all of us. Vengeance is the Lord's. The Lord will make things right. We all deserve to pay for our sins. Jesus, therefore, dies for the forgiveness of your sins. He dies to provide you with life and salvation.
He makes this sacrifice so that you can like David live a holy life. That you can spread the message of Jesus Christ. So you can have compassion, upon one another. You can now put off the deeds of darkness, and be holy.
This text may seem like another little narrative in the long story of David. It may be a text easily glanced over. Or maybe you make some of the simple connections in the above paragraph. But we want to think about the Future King reviving the life of a Egyptian. Most of us are more them happy to talk about vengeance. We are even happy to talk about a lost young boy finding a way home, or making a new home.
The King will work for vengeance. He will work to provide justice for his people. Jesus Christ provides justice for all of us. Vengeance is the Lord's. The Lord will make things right. We all deserve to pay for our sins. Jesus, therefore, dies for the forgiveness of your sins. He dies to provide you with life and salvation.
He makes this sacrifice so that you can like David live a holy life. That you can spread the message of Jesus Christ. So you can have compassion, upon one another. You can now put off the deeds of darkness, and be holy.
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