Supernatural Abundance: A Journey To The Father's House by Leif Hetland
Authors: Leif Hetland
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Mephibosheth was in fear for his life. He really didn’t know how things were going to work out. All he knew was that kings had a way of destroying the remnants of the previous king's family. Mephibosheth humbled himself, fell on his face, reverenced the king, and confessed his unworthiness. David quickly put Mephibosheth at ease, offered forgiveness, and invited him to dine at the king's table. David cared for Mephibosheth the rest of his natural life. He was accepted and adopted into the royal family. David took him to the throne and gave back everything that had been taken from him.
When Mephibosheth came to David, he did not get what he thought he deserved. He received grace. When he received grace, he also received more blessings than he could have ever imagined. Grace was expanded. Notice what grace provided for Mephibosheth, and what Father God’s saving grace provides for you and me.
Grace Provided A Future – In Lodebar, Mephibosheth had nothing. He was poor. He was an outcast. He was a fugitive. He had no hope and no prospects for his future. All he had was a pair of crutches and little else. But, when he met grace, everything changed! All of his needs were met and his future was secured. Grace gave him something he never could have had in Lodebar: grace gave him a future. Grace gave him the abundance of the King!
Grace Provided A Family – Mephibosheth was adopted out of Saul’s family and into David’s. Grace gave him something he did not have before it was extended to him. Grace gave him a family! Every day he lived, Mephibosheth was reminded by his surroundings, and by the presence of the king, he was the recipient of grace. He was where he was because of the grace of the king!
Grace Provided Fulfillment – Mephibosheth was “a nobody” in a house full of somebodies. There was Absalom, perfect and handsome. There were also David’s other sons. There were David’s beautiful wives and daughters. There was Joab, the general, proud and strong. There were princes and princesses, soldiers and statesmen, men of wealth, and men of power. All of these took their place at the table of King David. As the family gathered, there was the sound of a crippled man coming down the hallway. There was the clump of crutches and the sound of his feet being dragged. It was Mephibosheth, and he took his place at the King’s table with all the rights and privileges as the rest. Then, when he took his seat and the tablecloth fell across his legs; he looked just like the rest. Grace took “a nobody” from nowhere, and made him a child of the King!
David’s love was exemplary of the love of Daddy God. It came out of a merciful heart. He didn’t have to find Jonathan’s son. Nobody else was there when he made the covenant. Nobody but David knew what he had promised. Nobody would have even cared. Since Saul had tried to kill David twenty-three times, no one would have blamed David if he hadn’t kept his part of the promise. No one would have known, but David. David was noble, gracious and sought out the undeserving lad and gave him all that was his. Only God can touch a man and make him do this kind of deed. Mephibosheth was lifted from poverty to abundance through the grace of the King.
Your Dad wants You to sit at the King’s Table
Our God is a God of abundance. Everything He does, He does to “increase” not “decrease.” A God of “fullness” not “emptiness.” He's a loving Father who wants His kids to enjoy the blessings and benefits of all He has for them. Being a child of God is not just knowing that heaven is in your future, but it's also knowing that heaven and life abundant is here and now.
If this is true, then why are so many believers living in lack? As I travel around the world I wonder, Where is the increase, where is the Supernatural Abundance God’s kids should be enjoying?
Jesus declared in John 10:10:
“The thief does not
Mephibosheth was in fear for his life. He really didn’t know how things were going to work out. All he knew was that kings had a way of destroying the remnants of the previous king's family. Mephibosheth humbled himself, fell on his face, reverenced the king, and confessed his unworthiness. David quickly put Mephibosheth at ease, offered forgiveness, and invited him to dine at the king's table. David cared for Mephibosheth the rest of his natural life. He was accepted and adopted into the royal family. David took him to the throne and gave back everything that had been taken from him.
When Mephibosheth came to David, he did not get what he thought he deserved. He received grace. When he received grace, he also received more blessings than he could have ever imagined. Grace was expanded. Notice what grace provided for Mephibosheth, and what Father God’s saving grace provides for you and me.
Grace Provided A Future – In Lodebar, Mephibosheth had nothing. He was poor. He was an outcast. He was a fugitive. He had no hope and no prospects for his future. All he had was a pair of crutches and little else. But, when he met grace, everything changed! All of his needs were met and his future was secured. Grace gave him something he never could have had in Lodebar: grace gave him a future. Grace gave him the abundance of the King!
Grace Provided A Family – Mephibosheth was adopted out of Saul’s family and into David’s. Grace gave him something he did not have before it was extended to him. Grace gave him a family! Every day he lived, Mephibosheth was reminded by his surroundings, and by the presence of the king, he was the recipient of grace. He was where he was because of the grace of the king!
Grace Provided Fulfillment – Mephibosheth was “a nobody” in a house full of somebodies. There was Absalom, perfect and handsome. There were also David’s other sons. There were David’s beautiful wives and daughters. There was Joab, the general, proud and strong. There were princes and princesses, soldiers and statesmen, men of wealth, and men of power. All of these took their place at the table of King David. As the family gathered, there was the sound of a crippled man coming down the hallway. There was the clump of crutches and the sound of his feet being dragged. It was Mephibosheth, and he took his place at the King’s table with all the rights and privileges as the rest. Then, when he took his seat and the tablecloth fell across his legs; he looked just like the rest. Grace took “a nobody” from nowhere, and made him a child of the King!
David’s love was exemplary of the love of Daddy God. It came out of a merciful heart. He didn’t have to find Jonathan’s son. Nobody else was there when he made the covenant. Nobody but David knew what he had promised. Nobody would have even cared. Since Saul had tried to kill David twenty-three times, no one would have blamed David if he hadn’t kept his part of the promise. No one would have known, but David. David was noble, gracious and sought out the undeserving lad and gave him all that was his. Only God can touch a man and make him do this kind of deed. Mephibosheth was lifted from poverty to abundance through the grace of the King.
Your Dad wants You to sit at the King’s Table
Our God is a God of abundance. Everything He does, He does to “increase” not “decrease.” A God of “fullness” not “emptiness.” He's a loving Father who wants His kids to enjoy the blessings and benefits of all He has for them. Being a child of God is not just knowing that heaven is in your future, but it's also knowing that heaven and life abundant is here and now.
If this is true, then why are so many believers living in lack? As I travel around the world I wonder, Where is the increase, where is the Supernatural Abundance God’s kids should be enjoying?
Jesus declared in John 10:10:
“The thief does not
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