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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Samuel 19:1-15
Not all those who followed David did so by faith. Joab is an example of one who did not. For him it is only his own interests that count. He is without scruple, and does not stop short of crime if anyone obstructs his plans. The reproaches that he addresses to David are the more inappropriate in that it is he himself, who, by the murder of Absalom, is responsible for the poor king’s grief. Nevertheless they help the king to control himself, so as to think rather of the interests of his people than of his own distress.
David’s misfortunes have now borne fruit; the ordeal has brought him to know his God in a more real and intimate way. He has met with tribulation, distress, persecution . . . peril, sword. But all these things have been but so many opportunities the better to understand the inexhaustible resources of divine love (see Romans 8:35).
On the part of the people, we now see strife (v. 9); with Judah there is a deplorable lack of devotion. But David acts in a spirit of grace. And hearts are turned towards him, just as in a future day they will submit to the Lord Jesus when, after His final victory over His enemies, He will appear to reign in glory.
