May 27 Morning Devotional | Our Right Does Not Limp! | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, May 27 | “So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.” —2 Samuel 9:13 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 9:9-13 (NASB)

Then the king called Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson. You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall eat at my table regularly.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table as one of the king’s sons. Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king’s table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Mephibosheth was no great ornament to a royal table, yet he had a continual place at David’s table because the king could see in his face the features of the beloved Jonathan. Like Mephibosheth, we may cry unto the King of Glory, “What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?” (2 Samuel 9:8) But still, the Lord indulges us with the most familiar communion with himself, because he sees in our countenances the remembrance of his dearly beloved Jesus. The Lord’s people are dear for another’s sake. Such is the love which the Father bears to his only begotten, that for his sake he raises his lowly brethren from poverty and banishment to courtly companionship, noble rank, and royal provision. Their deformity shall not rob them of their privileges. Lameness is no bar to sonship; the cripple is as much the heir as if he could run like Asahel.

Our right does not limp, though our might may. A king’s table is a noble hiding place for lame legs, and at the gospel feast, we learn to glory in infirmities, because the power of Christ rests upon us. Yet grievous disability may mar the journey of the best-loved saints. Here is one feasted by David, and yet so lame in both his feet that he could not go up with the king when he fled from the city and was therefore maligned and injured by his servant Ziba.

Saints whose faith is weak, and whose knowledge is slender, are great losers; they are exposed to many enemies, and cannot follow the king wherever he goes. This disease frequently arises from falls. Bad nursing in their spiritual infancy often causes converts to fall into a despondency from which they never recover, and sin in other cases brings broken bones. Lord, help the lame to leap like the hart, and satisfy all your people with the bread of your table!

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