So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
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… Mephibosheth tried to put stipulations on who the king was going to bless. Let me prove it to you. 2 Samuel chapter 9 verse 3. Then the king asked, is there anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them. Ziba, the hater, replied, yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive, but I mean, he crippled though. That was unnecessary. they asked was I alive not what my weakness was and many times when we come up in people's mouth they want to define us by our weakness they want to define us by a season of our life they want to define us by a low moment instead of just saying who we are this is his first introduction to the king. Yeah, Mephibosheth. But he crippled. Yeah, Sally. But she's a gossiper. Yeah, yeah, Joe. But he's not that smart. what happens when God wants to bless you and you have an obvious weakness nothing because the king didn't care that he had a weakness I'm trying to set somebody free who's claiming stronger this year but if you keep focusing on your weakness you'll talk yourself out of what God's picked you for no y'all don't hear me he picked you for it he called you for it well I don't have this and I don't have that he literally said go get him at once see the thing that makes me excited is when others try to disqualify you it becomes one of those things that God's like yeah that just makes the story better …
Camp Wisdom and Polk. Um this is home. I invite your attention to second Samuel chapter nine verses one through eight. Uh 2 Samuel chapter 9, I'll read for you here in verses 1 through 8. And honor and respect to that 50th birthday. You know, somehow as you get older, the Bible print gets smaller. I don't know if that happened to some of y'all. 2 Samuel 9, verses 1 through 8, and as much as we thank and bring you greetings on behalf of the Wilson household and my mama, and then Wilson's back in Washington, D.C., also on behalf of the Children's Defense Fund, those who serve, advocate for children across this nation, including our dear sister, Dr. Brandy Taylor-Dade, our state director here in Texas, who is here up front. So thank you all for your kindness. And the New Revised Standard Version of the text reads this way on 2 Samuel 9, verses 1 through 8. David asks, is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan's sake? …
… palace. And David said, he called a counselor, and he said, is there anybody here left of the house of Saul?" They said, ah, the purge is about to begin. But they didn't understand what David was up to. He said, is there anybody here that's left of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness of God to him for Jonathan's sake? Jonathan, remember, David was in A blood covenant with, with Jonathan. That I may show the kindness of God unto him for Jonathan's sake. And there was and there was an old servant named Ziba. And Ziba spoke up and said, well, yes, there is one. DAVID HAD A SON. HE'S CRIPPLED. He's lame in his feet. His name is Mephibosheth. He's in a dark, dingy, dusty hideaway in a place called lodibar. Now he had fled out there because he was afraid that David might come and get him. And all of his life he was afraid of David. David said, go bring him. …