TEXT 2 SAMUEL 16 :5-9
TOPIC : THE MAKING OF REBELS
[5]When King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul, Shimei son of Gera, came out and cursed continually as he came.
[6]And he cast stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
[9]Then said [David's nephew] Abishai son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.
Many years ago, I was a little boy living with my parents and other five siblings in a small university town of Nsukka in south east Nigeria.
We were close to a family whose father worked in the campus.
The man was a man of very weak morals, this led to constant confrontations from his children.
They often watched their older ones confront him even in physical combats, thus they weakened an already weak man.
Nobody stood up to the other to stop the madness that was geared towards destroying all of them.
I was a very little boy, but I knew that something was terribly wrong with what they were doing.
The last time I asked one of my elder sisters about them, I was not surprised to hear how they all ended. One who was my sister's age mate is in America, married to another woman.
Rebels are often developed, they do not emerge over night.
There are internal factors that encourage the development and emergence of rebels.
1. Sub-leaders who pretend not to notice that the leader is being insulted.
2. Sub-leaders who decide not to be "dragged into any controversy".
3. Sub- leaders who would rather keep quite even if the she goat has to deliver in the fetters.
4. There are others who simply fear men.
When you keep quiet in the face of rebellion, you are either a collaborator or a coward
Every environment that is free of rebellion is an environment where the people refuse to encourage the festering of that contagious evil spirit.
Don't give it your tacid support, It's a tsunami of destruction.
Abishai got up in public, he was not trying to be diplomatic about it.
He told the king, give me permission to take of the head of this dead dog.
His position was clear.
Are your positions usually Clear or are you smart and politically correct?
Do you call a spade a spade or do you call it a working tool to avoid being quoted?
Abishai was not like you, he hated evil and was a son of encouragement whose role made it possible for David to survive that rebellion.
I pray for you that God will find you an honest vessel to count on in times of need.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not
bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
Leviticus 9,10. Acts 13,14.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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