2 Samuel 14:1-24Did Joab’s trick work? yes, and no. He succeeded in getting David to allow Absalom back into Jerusalem from which he had been banished. He did not succeed in reconciling the two. It was a partial fix which would result in more heartache and shame later. Such is the fate of our attempts to do God’s work in our own way.
What we see in a number of the stories from this period is the use of deception to gain one’s objective. The unnamed author of these stories seems to be highlighting this trend, to show the ultimate consequences of the deception. Great houses fall when we seek to use our lies to obtain our objectives, whether good or bad.
LORD, inspire us to be honest.
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