Are you not my own flesh and blood?

2 Samuel 19:1-14
Joab saint to David “Today you have humiliated all your men, who have just saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and the live of your wives and concubines. You love those who hate you and hate those who love you.  Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall.” So the king got up and took his seat in the gateway. When the men were told, “The king is sitting in the gateway,” they all came before him. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled to their homes.
King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, “Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters? You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?”
David said to Amasa, ‘Are you not my own flesh and blood? May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you are not the commander of my army for life in place of Joab.
Shimei son of Gera, Ziba and his fifteens sons and twenty servant, they rushed to the Jordan, where the king was. They crossed at the ford to take the king’s you hold over and to do whatever he wished.
Terrible grief and remorse blind the king to the effect of his conduct on the people. Joab’s harsh words bring him to his senses and save him from political disaster.
Judah had backed Absalom. David’s attempt to win them back, and his appointment of Amasa (Absalom’s army commander, and his own nephew) in Joab’s place leads to further trouble.
Why?
David was involved in grief of his son making worse political disaster. Joab gave good opinion to David return to the right action. Somehow good men or bad men did the right thing to us we did not know, but finally God can change it to benefit to who follow the Lord.
Israelites were felled so they all fled to their homes, they were together for their position and benefit when Absalom called them.
But those who followed with David when David lost his right and power, so we may distinguish who has royalty to the king.
David planed to replace Joab to Amasa as commander of his army.
Are you not my own flesh and blood? So we should love our brother and sister in the church first then love others outside church.
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大衛出來回應百姓的支持。人的心情特別是領袖會影響全國，人若一直以情緒待人，無限制發展下去成為破口。一時的情緒是難免但是不能持續下去。
不再自哀自憐，顧慮到國家別人的需要。當我們放下自己的需要，情緒，感覺，去顧慮別人的需要感受，神會帶領我們走出悲哀，情緒。
大衛恢復後首先將分裂的個支派，勝過先回朝作王，使破碎的國家整合起來。同樣的教會合一更重要，合一的基礎在”因為我們是弟兄”。不計前嫌是合一的條件。大衛讓反對他的元帥成為他的元帥。求神賜我們合而為一的心。
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How?
David knew how to turn the heart of Israelite and Judah back to him. All of these strategy are the wisdom from the Lord.