Jesus reminded us that there will be wars and rumors of wars. Jeremiah, the prophet, wrote that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked and only God knows it. David has been chosen to lead the next generation of Israel into the future but he has to deal with unexpected news of the death of Saul and his three sons on the battlefield. Into this scene we see a man who has come from the scene of Saul’s death to bring this news to David. There are many inconsistencies in his testimony and a lack of reverence for God’s anointed. David has his soldiers end his life. As we look at this scenario we mourn with David about all of this news.It is heavy on his heart and we carry that heaviness in our own heart. God alone has the right to take a life. Thinking back to Genesis we read that God’s heart was heavy for the sin of the people was great and beyond redemption and so He sent a flood to cleanse the land.
Does He have to do it again? What good can come of all this? As we enter the time of Easter we know that God sent His Son to conquer death. There will continue to be the “bad” because the heart is wicked and desperately wicked but there is the “good” when we realize that this too will end when Jesus returns. Are you overwhelmed with the news of the day or are you overwhelmed with the love that God has for you and His gift of salvation through His death on the cross?
