I was just reading from 2 Samuel 9:1-13 (click here to read it online). King David seeks out any members of Jonathan's household who he can show kindness to for his friend Jonathan's sake. This passage (you should read it, its only 13 verses) is such a beautiful reminder of what God did for us!

He sought us out to bring us to Him by sending His only Son Jesus to earth..."for the Son of Man [Jesus] came to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke 19:10) and "The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).

Then, He restored us, giving back to us what sin and Satan has robbed us of! David restored to Mephibosheth the land that had belonged to his grandfather Saul, the former king. As if that wasn't enough, David asks Mephibosheth to sit at his table and eat with him always! God has made a place for us at His table! He has called us His children. "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God" (John 1: 12-13).

If Jesus is the King of Kings that makes us princes and princesses! He has crowned us with love and compassion! Though we are lowly, we are nothing—Mephibosheth puts it this way "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?" and Psalm 8:4 asks of God "what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" YET, God still seeks us, brings us, restores us and makes us part of His family!! What loving-kindness! How David must have loved his friend Jonathan! How much more does God love us?!!

This is it, my friends: "At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." —Titus 3:3-7

I urge you, if you haven't done so, to receive Jesus Christ, to believe in his name and that he lived a perfect life and died an innocent but terrible death on a cross to take the punishment that we all deserve for our wrongs, he rose again 3 days later and now sits at the right hand of God the Father in heaven—he lives to intercede (plead on our behalf) for us (Hebrews 7:25)! I urge you to turn from the passions and pleasures that enslave you and turn to God with your whole heart! Receive assurance of His presence with you now and of being with Him, rather than being separated from Him forever when your life on earth is over. Then claim your right to live for and be a child of the Most High God!! Pray to Him right now, He's waiting for you! What are you waiting for?!