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    When Blessings Turn Toxic

    By Jeremy | July 14, 2007

    I've been meditating on the story of David and his wife Michal the past few days. She was King Saul's daughter, David's prized bride for slaying Goliath and then additional Philistines. Although a jealous Saul hoped that she would be a "snare" to have David killed, David survived the trap and wed her, for she loved him. Fast forward many years. King Saul's jealousy of David and defiance of God have led to his ultimate demise. David has replaced him as king, and has begun to restore Jerusalem to its lost grandeur. Among his most cherished tasks is returning the ark of God to the city, and after a failed first attempt, is rejoicing unashamedly the return of God's presence to Israel. Meanwhile Michal, the blessing God had earlier bestowed, had become consumed by her father's jealousy. She despised David, and told him so. His response is a lesson for us all:
    "It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor."
    While Michal's jealous rage left no long-term effects on David, it did consume her ability to birth life. Her epitaph reads:
    "And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death."
    David's interaction with Michal reminds me of Jesus' words:
    "I tell you the truth, no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."
    Not sure what this all means. Just processing out loud another difficult passage of scripture. Thoughts?

    Topics: faith, scripture | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “When Blessings Turn Toxic”

    1. Ryan K. Says:
      July 17th, 2007 at 11:35 pm

      I’m about two months behind on the One Year Bible and I’m reading this stuff right now.