2 Samuel 9
v8 Shuffling and stammering, not looking him in the eye, Mephibosheth said, "Who am I that you pay attention to a stray dog like me?"
“Permanently bless my whole family” was David’s request of God at the end of 2nd Samuel, chapter 8. How does God permanently bless a family? What are the options? You could sit back and just wait for the blessings to pour in, but I don’t think that is really the way it suppose to happen.
God is love. He created us in his own image, therefore we have the ability to love. But God isn’t a dictator so we can also choose not to love.
When we choose to bless, we choose to love. Are we not also blessed when we love? I know I am.
David wanted to honor Saul and sought out a remaining, the only remaining member of his family, his grandson Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth was lame in both feet. By worldly standards this probably designated him useless. Even Mephibosheth himself asked David why he would pay attention to him. But David chose to love. David chose to pay it forward.
It’s easy to miss. When we ask God to bless our whole family He is likely equipping us to partake in that process. Are you paying your blessings forward?
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