No More Crumbs!
2 Samuel 9:1-13 (1) And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? (2) And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. (3) And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. (4) And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. (5) Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. (6) Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! (7) And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. (8) And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? (9) Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. (10) Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. (11) Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons. (12) And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. (13) So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.
Satan’s primary objective is to get every Christian to backslide, to deny his or her experience with God, and turn back to the vile elements of this world. However, his next objective, if he can’t get us to backslide, is to get us to live beneath our privileges.
This is where he gets many of us! I have been there and since then have met many Christians living way beneath the place God has for us! Are you?
Are you eating crumbs when you could be sitting at the Kings table?
The Bible says in Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
But, Satan wants to convince us that, not only are we not more than conquerors, we can barely make it, hold on by the skin of your teeth, just try to hold the fort until Jesus comes! We can’t be happy, because we’re in a continual state of discouragement, we’re barely making it.
But the Bible says in Psalm 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
And, yet the devil wants to convince us that we’re going to go bankrupt, and that God has forgotten about us, we’re going to be lucky if the creditors don’t come and take everything that we have!
You can’t afford to pay tithes, you can’t even pay your bills, and God won’t help you, so you better hold the fort!
I say today, we need to move out of the lie that we’ve been sold and realize that God has so much more for us! Amen?
There’s a place FOR US at the King’s table! Amen?
POOR MEPHIBOSHETH WAS LIVING BELOW HIS PRIVILEGES AND DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT.
ARE YOU??
He knew he was royalty. DO YOU?
He knew he was the son of Jonathon, the grandson of Saul, but (LISTEN TO THIS) he also knew he’d been crippled by the enemy. (Nurse dropped him when fleeing)
ARE YOU CRIPPLED?
He’d suffered a debilitating attack, and now, he didn’t feel worthy to be called a king’s son anymore.
The enemy had succeeded in destroying his confidence, his enthusiasm, his ability to walk.
DON’T MISS THIS!!!!
The enemy couldn’t change his status, couldn’t make him any less a king’s grandson, but what the enemy succeeded in doing was making him step down from his rightful place.
The enemy can’t take anything away from us, but he can convince us to walk away from our heritage!
DON’T MISS THIS!!!! PLEASE!!!!
And, poor Mephibosheth was living below his privilege, and didn’t even realize it.
I’m sure he thought this was the way it had to be. I mean, who wants a cripple in the King’s house, he might have thought. I’ve got some battle scars, no one wants me around. I’ll just go over here, try and live on crumbs, and exist until my days are thru.
But, little did Mephibosheth know, not very far away, there was a table spread, with the King’s bread!
No more crumbs, but a place of surplus, and a place of happiness, where the music played, and there was joy in the house of the King!
But, because the enemy had crippled him, he had bought into the lie that the King didn’t want him around!
But, imagine his surprise when one day the word got to him, King David wants to see you!
I wonder what he was thinking, “Maybe he wants to finish me off” Maybe he’s heard that I’m an embarrassment to the royal family, and he is going to send me away.
I’m not sure what went thru his mind, but by the time he got to David’s presence, his first words were, “What do you want with a dead dog like me?”
And, David said, “I don’t think you understand, Mephibosheth, it’s just come to my attention that you’ve been sold into the house of Machir, and I want to set you free!”
Come sit at my table, come sup with me, come share with me!
David was saying - I want to restore you to your rightful place, no more crumbs for you, you’ll eat the king’s bread for the rest of your life!
And for the first time in his life, this young man who had royal blood flowing thru his veins sat at the king’s table and enjoyed the bounty of the king’s blessings!
Living on crumbs for years, but destined for the King’s palace! AMEN???
Are you Living on crumbs, just barely making it from day to day, in bondage and slavery to things of this world?
I have to ask you this morning, do you understand that there is a table spread with blessing just for you?
Have you bought into the lie that you’re too crippled, too bruised, too battered, too helpless to ever live in a place of victory?
I’m here today to be the messenger to somebody, you don’t need to live in that lie you’ve been sold any longer – the KING IS CALLING FOR YOU!
You don’t need to stay in the house of deception, trying to exist on crumbs any longer – THE KING IS CALLING FOR YOU!
It is time to say NO More Crumbs! Click the link to watch the sermon.
Have a blessed day.
Comments
Oh Lord Jesus, help us all to see that we are sons and daughters of the King Most High. Give us courage to rebuke satan and tell him to stop whispering lies in our ears. Help us realize we need to tell satan to get behind us and go back where he belongs.
Amen