Displaced

2 Samuel 15:13-26

David Flees
19 The king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland. 20 You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your countrymen. May kindness and faithfulness be with you."

21 But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be."
25 Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD's eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again. 26 But if he says, 'I am not pleased with you,' then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him."

Reflection of Bee:

Today I learned what it really means to surrender to God. If He wishes to take away what is most precious to me, what will I do?

I will cry, I will feel the pain, will will wonder why, I will doubt myself, I will feel I have done something wrong.... and many more. Yet I will say, "though He slays me, yet I will trust Him. The Lord gives, the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.


Dear Lord,
My life is in Your hand. Do to me what seems right to You. May I continue to be strong no matter what happens to me. You give and You take away.... blessed be Your name. I surrender myself to You again.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.