God Keeps His Promise of a King

Hey, hey, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This morning we are going to be at 2 Samuel chapter 2.

What happens to David after Saul dies? Let's have some coffee. We'll pray and we'll find out the surprising moves that David makes.

Father, we thank you so much for this day. We thank you for your word. We thank you for the privilege, the blessing it is to get to read your word, to have it in a language we can understand.

And we pray that as we read it, your spirit will work in our hearts to teach us how to live it, to direct us in the way that we should go. In Jesus' name, amen.

Here we go. 2 Samuel chapter 2, the first 11 verses. Sorry, the first 7 verses.

It happened after this day that David inquired of the Lord. Now, this is interesting.

1 Chronicles 10 14, Saul didn't inquire of the Lord and that's why Saul was deposed and said,

he went and saw the witch at Endor. Anyways, David inquired of the Lord, saying,

Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?

And Jehovah said to him, Go up.

David said, Where shall I go up?

And he said, To Hebron.

So, David went up there, and his two wives also, and Hanohim and the Jezreelites, and Abigail, the widow of Nabal, the Carmelite.

And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household.

So, they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

Now, the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, These men of Jabesh-Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.

So, David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-Gilead and said to them,

You are blessed of the Lord, for you have shown this kindness to your Lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

And now, may the Lord show kindness and truth to you.

I also repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.

Now, therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant, for your master Saul is dead.

And also, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

Well, we need to ask ourselves our three questions.

A, what is this about?

B, what's the best verse to summarize this?

And C, what are we called to do in response to this?

So, A, what is this about?

Well, this is David, learns about Saul's death.

And I don't know what to do.

So, he goes, and he inquires of the Lord.

And the Lord is the one who says, Go up.

Go to Hebron.

So, David does.

He has no clue how people are going to respond to him.

He doesn't know how people are going to respond.

Saul has just died.

What's going to happen?

And he goes up, and this amazing thing happens.

All the leaders of Judah come.

This runt of Jesse's pack.

They anoint him publicly in front of everybody as king in Hebron.

And then, he calls for the men of Jabesh Gilead.

And here, this is a point of amazing diplomacy.

He honors those who had honored the fallen king.

He shows them kindness and honor.

See, he's made king publicly, and publicly, he blesses them in front of everybody.

And then, he also says, though, the very last words,

Also, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

So, he knows he's king over the house of Judah.

He doesn't say all of Israel all at once, right?

Whether this is David has good political minds, or whether he's able to judge what's going on here,

or the Lord is the one giving him wisdom.

The point is, he doesn't claim too much.

He doesn't try to tear down how horrible Saul was.

And that's why he's king, right?

Because that's just going to create bitterness even against him.

No, what he does, he sets himself up in a place to show honor to those who deserve honor.

And even to the king before him, he was the Lord's anointed as long as the Lord had had him there.

So, he honored him.

What's the best verse to summarize this?

Well, I think verse 4.

Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed King David over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying,

The men of Jabesh-Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.

I think that's kind of the best verse.

This is him being anointed king.

See, calling.

What are we called to do?

Right?

Well, what's the covenant of grace?

Or how does this show us Jesus Christ?

I think this is one of those amazing things where it shows us the covenant of grace, right?

All the way back in the book of Genesis, when we had looked at dying Jacob, Israel, as he was blessing his sons,

he told.

He told Judah that this would happen.

If we go all the way back to Genesis,

we find Jacob, and he's blessing the sons.

And he says,

Judah, you are he whom your brother shall praise.

Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies.

Your father's children shall bow down before you.

Judah is a lion's whelp.

From the prey, my son, you have gone up.

He bows down.

He lies down as a lion.

And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,

until Shiloh comes.

And to him shall be the obedience of the people.

The scepter has now come into David's hands.

Judah is now the one who has as king.

His name is David.

And we know that this is just a type.

Because we're actually going to get here just a wee bit,

but God's going to make a promise to David here coming up in 2 Samuel,

that he's going to have a son who will sit on his throne forever.

A Messiah who will reign eternally.

His name is Jesus.

The son of Jesse.

The son of David.

The son of Abraham.

A better Adam.

A better high priest.

It's King Jesus.

That's what this is pointing to.

God is so good to his promises.

It may take a long time,

but God is good to his promises.

He's good to those promises to you.

So, let us have faith.

Let us walk in the ways of the Lord and trust him always.

Let's pray.

Father, we thank you for this day.

We thank you for giving us your word.

We pray that you would please help us to walk in your ways.

To trust you.

To follow you.

For you truly are a good and wonderful God.

Thank you for your kindness to us.

In Jesus' name.

Amen.

May God bless you.

May you walk in the joy of Jesus Christ,

your great high King.

I'll see you next time.

Bye.