2 Samuel 21:1-14
I
What do you want me to do for you?”,
David asked the Gibeonites.
“Saul who has destroyed our people,
has left us homeless in the midst of famine.”
“So, what do you want me to do for you?”,
David asked again.
“Give us seven of Saul’s descendants.
We will kill them and leave their bodies
in the sight of Saul’s God.”
And David selected the men
and allowed them to be killed
and to be left hanging on a cross.
Rizpah
the mother of two of the men,
came up the hill.
Spread out a sackcloth for herself
and protected all the bodies
from the birds of the air
and the beasts of the land.
And while the festival of harvest
was going on below,
God saw what was happening
on the hill
and
answered the prayer of land
by opening a cloud
of His tears.
(continued)
II
“What do you want me to do for you?”,
Jesus answered their request.
“We want to be next to You
when You come in glory.”
“Can you follow the path
I AM going to take?”
“No problem.
So how about those seats in the suite?”
“You will follow Me
this is true.
However those places
have already been reserved.”
And before the rest
of the followers
could start speculating
on who would have
those great seats
The Master said,
“The weak that move against
the powerful
in their own small ways,
They will see the Kingdom of God.”
