A PLACE FOR ME!!!!!!!!!
A Wonderful Contemporary Christian Worship Song gives us some lyrics that speak of
some powerful truths about needs--- for all of us-----
(A sample)---
"I am no longer a slave to fear, I AM A CHILD OF GOD!!!!!
"There is a PLACE FOR ME in MY FATHER'S HOUSE!!!!
*** A subtitle for this message-----"Is your name MEPHIBOSHETH"???
Do you or I have a situation or circumstance in our lives which causes us to believe
or "feel" that we do NOT have a place in our Father's House?
Let's take a look at "MEPHIBOSHETH".
Please turn in your Bible to 2 Samuel, chapter 21. (Of course you probably already know
that is in the Old Testament). Look at some of the difficult things in Mephibosheth's life:
1) He was a grandson of King Saul, the crippled son of Jonathan; Because Saul did not obey
GOD------it was somewhat of a curse on Saul's sons and grandson;
2) Being handicapped caused Mephibosheth to be treated somewhat as a second-class citizen.
In 2 Samuel, chapter 4, we learn that when Mephibosheth was only 5 years old--- news came that
Saul and Jonathan died in a war; the nurse who took care of Mephibosheth picked (M) up and
fled their home. In her haste, (M) fell and "became lame".
In 2 Samuel 9:1-11 we read that Kings David asked: "Is there still anyone left of the house (family) that I may show him the 'Kindness of GOD' for Jonathan's sake? (In 2 Samuel 12-16,
we see that David and Jonathan had made a covenant with each other to be kind to each other
and to each other's family in the future).
Back to 2 Samuel 9:4 (AGAIN)....King David asked "...where is he" (Mephibosheth)?
Then King David sent and brought (M).....now when (M) the son of Jonathan, grandson
of Saul, had come, he (M) fell on his face and prostrated himself. Then King David said
'Mephibosheth?' and (M) answered 'Here is your servant!' So David said to him 'Do not
fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan's sake, and will restore to you all the
land of Saul your grandfather.
'As for Mephibosheth', said KING David, 'He shall eat at my table like one of the King's sons.'
(this next sentence ONLY is from the footnotes): Mephibosheth is put on the royal pension for the
rest of his life, and lives as one of the King's sons, and even eats at the King's table.
In John 17, Jesus prays "That they may be one as YOU, FATHER, are in ME, and I in YOU.
"FATHER, I desire that they also whom YOU gave ME may be with me where I AM, that they
may behold MY GLORY!!! !!!!!!
(I dare say that ALL of us have at times been "lame" in our dedication, our obedience, our love
unto GOD OUR FATHER.....
So YES!!! there is room in our FATHER'S house for you and for me...and we shall "dwell in the house of the LORD FOREVER"!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT HOLY LOVE GOD IS, AND GIVES TO US!!!
O LET US BE IN REVERENT AWE of HOLY GOD OUR FATHER!!!!!!!!!
AMEN.
