Talk about a bad day for King David. First, his son Absalom—whom we will
learn loved him dearly—rejected him.
If this wasn’t bad enough, Absalom formed a coup to take over the
kingdom and in some places he was
even hailed as the new King of Israel.
David fled from his home to escape his devious son. Interestingly enough, David wept in the
same place Jesus would—the Mount of Olives.
And
if this isn’t enough, some bum Shemei curses David. As he fled, Shemei cried, “Away, away, you murderous and wicked man!”
as he hurled stones.
Many
of us would have responded like David’s right hand man Abishai. While we probably don’t desire to
actually behead someone, we may bite
someone’s head off in anger.
Yet
David handled his bad day well.
Having known God and His mercy intimately in his life, David remained
steadfast: “If my own son, who came forth
from my loins, is seeking my life, how much more might this
Benjaminite do so? Let
him alone and let him curse…”
Each
of us faces bad days now and then.
Here I’m not referring to tragedies, but to those days when every(small)thing
goes wrong. We are late for a
meeting after getting a flat tire.
We stub our toe. We are
criticized at work. How do we
respond to bad days?
The
sign of true faith in God is revealed when things don’t go our way. If we trust God completely we will seek
His presence in our daily life, whether it is a good or bad day. We can be confident that no matter what
we face we can rejoice that God never leaves us.
The
next time you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, I hope you have a good bad
day.
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