SUCKED IN!
II Samuel 15:10-12
"Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, "Absalom reigns in Hebron." ' And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything. Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from the city – from Giloh – while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in numbers."
There were people – even a priest and counselor of David, Ahithophel – who were innocently and unwittingly caught up in Absalom's rebellion. Absalom had to make it appear that his movement had legitimacy, so he sucked in innocent people. I think people who are rebellious often use people for their own purposes. In 1965 while teaching in Garretson, S.D., I was invited to attend a meeting of other teachers with the superintendent and the school board. I did not know it was a protest against the superintendent, and I attended the meeting only to discover at the meeting the conspiracy that was taking place. My involvement in that meeting came back to bite me later on in the school year. I learned from that experience to be careful to check out the facts and the motives of people. A few years later, a group of dissatisfied members of the church I attended tried to get me to join them in a rebellion against the pastor. I am so glad that I refused to be sucked into that conspiracy. It pays to beware of rebellious people.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: People can be unwittingly sucked into a rebellion if they are not aware of the situation.
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Have an aware day. Love you.
II Samuel 15:10-12
"Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, 'As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, "Absalom reigns in Hebron." ' And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything. Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from the city – from Giloh – while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in numbers."
There were people – even a priest and counselor of David, Ahithophel – who were innocently and unwittingly caught up in Absalom's rebellion. Absalom had to make it appear that his movement had legitimacy, so he sucked in innocent people. I think people who are rebellious often use people for their own purposes. In 1965 while teaching in Garretson, S.D., I was invited to attend a meeting of other teachers with the superintendent and the school board. I did not know it was a protest against the superintendent, and I attended the meeting only to discover at the meeting the conspiracy that was taking place. My involvement in that meeting came back to bite me later on in the school year. I learned from that experience to be careful to check out the facts and the motives of people. A few years later, a group of dissatisfied members of the church I attended tried to get me to join them in a rebellion against the pastor. I am so glad that I refused to be sucked into that conspiracy. It pays to beware of rebellious people.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: People can be unwittingly sucked into a rebellion if they are not aware of the situation.
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Have an aware day. Love you.
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