EU•AN•GE•LION (YOO-AN-GEL-EE-ON) · εὐαγγέλιον — Good News
SERIES
2 Samuel 9:1 – Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?
What if the thing you assume disqualifies you is the thing God looks for?
A king who had already won asked whether anyone survived the house that had hunted him. The answer was a man who could not walk, hidden across a river in a rich man’s house. Seven days on reconciliation, healing and mercy that goes downward: a word that appears three times in the Hebrew Bible and lands somewhere nobody expects, a shepherd who refuses to delegate the search, and a chapter that ends by telling us the man at the king’s table was still lame in both feet.
A king who had already won asked whether anyone survived the house that had hunted him. The answer was a man who could not walk, hidden across a river in a rich man’s house. Seven days on reconciliation, healing and mercy that goes downward: a word that appears three times in the Hebrew Bible and lands somewhere nobody expects, a shepherd who refuses to delegate the search, and a chapter that ends by telling us the man at the king’s table was still lame in both feet.
For anyone who has decided, quietly, that they are too damaged to be looked for — and for anyone whose healing has been slower than the rescue. This week does not promise that the limp goes. It argues that the limp was never what kept you out of reach, and it refuses the popular sermon that tries to hide it.
SCRIPTURE ANCHOR
2 Samuel 9:1 – Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?
VOICES IN THIS SERIES
Machir son of Ammiel
THE MAN WHO SHELTERED HIM
“Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
DAY 1
John Chrysostom
THE PREACHER WHO ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTION
“Who was the aggrieved one? Himself.”
DAY 2
William Burke “Skeets” Miller
THE MAN WHO WENT DOWN
“Miller said he found Collins in the cave on seven different trips.”
DAY 3
Athanasius of Alexandria
THE MAN WHO ARGUED FROM A WORKSHOP
“The panel is not thrown away; the sitter returns so the likeness can be redone on the same wood.”