“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

1 Peter 4: 14

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part, He is glorified.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

Our soul, the bride, the church should manifest in holiness, truth and righteousness.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that in us, the bride, the church the throne of the Lord should be established in righteousness and justice.

Next what we are meditating upon is that

2 Samuel 16: 1 – 8

When David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 

And the king said to Ziba, “What do you mean to do with these?” So Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.”

Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”

So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came. 

And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 

Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue! 

The Lord has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil because you are a bloodthirsty man!”

In the above-mentioned when David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. And the king said to Ziba, “What do you mean to do with these?” So Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.” Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’” So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!” Now when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came.  And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.  Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: “Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue! The Lord has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil because you are a bloodthirsty man!” In this manner, King David was cursed by Shimei.

My dear people, when we meditate upon the above-mentioned words whoever are anointed by the Lord against them many jealousies will arise and jealousy is a devil and that jealousy will always be working against the children of God and also enemies will be there within the house itself and also for whomever we do good they themselves will work against the children of God bravely and do evil and due to them they will be cursed and oppressed and this is the truth. Not only this but David for Mephibosheth he is handing over all the things to Ziba. But the same Mephibosheth is desiring for the kingdom of Israel against David. In this manner, David is being oppressed from both sides and is being cursed. In this manner only to overthrow the throne of Christ which is in us the enemy will work cunningly. Therefore we must always never change in holiness, truth and righteousness and to safeguard our soul let us submit ourselves.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

       - To be continued