Week 82, Day 2: God overthrows Absalom’s counsel
Today’s Reading: 2 Samuel 17:1-29
Some thoughts from today’s reading…
David’s hastily made plans enacted when he was fleeing Jerusalem have now begun to bear fruit. David had told one of his counselors named Hushai to remain behind in Jerusalem. This man was in a position to be able to thwart the good advice from Absalom’s counselor. We are told that this was the work of the Lord (vs. 14). Here we have a glimpse that God is working to help David even in the midst of punishing David. God caused evil to come against David from within his own household as the prophet Nathan had told him. God was limiting what calamity was befalling David. Clearly God was keeping David from being killed. From David’s standpoint he would not have known to what extent this punishment would go or how long things would last. But God was good to David and allowed him to return later.
Question: When we are beset by hardships, what attitude should we have regarding our outlook and devotion to God?
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