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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Samuel 14:25-33
Corruption and violence: such are the titles that might be borne by chapters 11-13. Right from the beginning of Genesis, they are characteristic of the world. It is no different in our time. But what a terrible thing when the same characteristics are evident in the family of the man of God. David had given way to both forms of evil in taking Bath-Sheba and in ordering the death of her husband. Now they arise within his own household.
Amnon is dead. On the intervention of Joab, Absalom, the murderer of his brother, returns to Jerusalem. But there is no evidence on his part of regret, no self-humiliation. Cunning, pride, ambition, absence of godliness and of natural affection, these are what we find in this man, and his subsequent history will render the portrait still gloomier. Absalom is a man whose moral condition falls far short of matching his physical beauty. How could such a miserable individual be the son of the beloved king? Alas! He is nevertheless just that! We do not inherit our parents’ faith; we need to possess it for ourselves. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 brings us the sad proof that there may also be Absaloms in Christian families!
