BIBLE READING: 2 Samuel 9:1-9
We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
How many people are still living in the shadow of our unkept promises? Is it too late to go back now and try to make it up to them?
King David had made a promise to his friend Jonathan. “One day David asked, ‘Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’” (2 Samuel 9:1).
Jonathan’s only living son, Mephibosheth, had lived along time with the pain of David’s unkept promise. It had shaped his lifestyle, his emotional condition, and the way he thought about himself. His grandfather, King Saul, had mistreated David before David became king. Perhaps Mephibosheth was afraid that David would mistreat him because of his grandfather. Perhaps he had begun to take the guilt of his grandfather’s sins upon himself. Generations of fear and guilt had been laid upon Mephibosheth—until David remembered and fulfilled his promise.
There are probably people we know who have been affected by promises we have failed to keep. It is important that we try to fulfill whatever promises we have made. When we can’t, the least we can do is ask what our neglect meant to those we disappointed and apologize for not keeping our promise.”
Excerpt From: Tyndale House Publishers. “The Life Recovery Bible NLT.”
We made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
How many people are still living in the shadow of our unkept promises? Is it too late to go back now and try to make it up to them?
King David had made a promise to his friend Jonathan. “One day David asked, ‘Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?’” (2 Samuel 9:1).
Jonathan’s only living son, Mephibosheth, had lived along time with the pain of David’s unkept promise. It had shaped his lifestyle, his emotional condition, and the way he thought about himself. His grandfather, King Saul, had mistreated David before David became king. Perhaps Mephibosheth was afraid that David would mistreat him because of his grandfather. Perhaps he had begun to take the guilt of his grandfather’s sins upon himself. Generations of fear and guilt had been laid upon Mephibosheth—until David remembered and fulfilled his promise.
There are probably people we know who have been affected by promises we have failed to keep. It is important that we try to fulfill whatever promises we have made. When we can’t, the least we can do is ask what our neglect meant to those we disappointed and apologize for not keeping our promise.”
Excerpt From: Tyndale House Publishers. “The Life Recovery Bible NLT.”
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