PERSPECTIVES
FROM DAVID’S 7 SECRETS
Chapter Six,
“Be There, Like A Good Neighbor” p. 83
NO GRUMBLING
We love our
privacy, but there are times to open our hearts and arms to those around us. Not the least of which is to simply be a
friendly, good, Christian testimony, to see if the Lord opens the way for an
honest witness to His love and grace.
Jesus spoke
what is now called, “The Golden Rule”. He said in Luke 6:31, “Do to others as you
would have them do to you.”
You may
recall from one of my earlier blogs that David found a survivor of Jonathan, a
close friend from his youth, who was actually the grandson of King Saul. His
name was Mephibosheth. David gave him a
seat at his own table, a very hospitable act.
Later, David
himself needed some hospitality when escaping from his own son, Absalom, who
was trying to kill him and take the kingdom away from David. When David crossed the Jordan with his large
entourage, he was met with hospitality.
Shobi, Makir, Ammiel and his old friend, Barzillai, “brought bedding,
and bowls and pottery, wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
honey and curds, sheep and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to
eat.” 2 Sam. 17:28-29
Sometimes if
we are asked to provide hospitality and it’s not our idea, we may not feel that
open hearted. But, Peter
says in 1st Peter 4:9, “offer hospitality
to one another without grumbling.”
Some people
are just not good at hospitality and for others it is their spiritual
gift. Paul said in Romans 12:13, “Share
with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Either way we need to do our best at entertaining
and giving of ourselves and our resources.
And remember,
in Hebrews it talks about the possibility of entertaining angels without
knowing it. I love entertaining, but I
have not seen any angels recently!
However, you never really know for sure, so just…
BE AN ANGEL YOURSELF
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