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For Those Tears I Died

Posted by Dr. Dale Meyer on February 23, 2016 with 1 Comments

Ctrl+Alt+Delete DAILY DEVOTION

When his son wanted time with dad, King David probably thought, “No, you hurt me. Besides, I have work to do.” “So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king’s presence” (2 Samuel 14:28). End result? Absalom’s rebellion and death. Oh, David did his job as king alright, quashed the rebellion, but lost his son.

“My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”

-2 Samuel 2:18-33.

If you’re married with younger children, you’re oriented toward the future. If you’re older, you may be looking back with regret because you let something take you away from family. Regret is a heart-wrenching way toward repentance, but when you get to repentance, Jesus speaks to your broken heart. “I felt every tear drop when in darkness you cried / and I strove to remind you that for those tears I died” (“Come to the Water,” Stevens-Pino.) Cry it out, let Jesus begin to wipe away your tears, and hope, always hope (Revelation 7:17; Psalm 43:5).