David Mourns

 2 Samuel 18:19-33

Now Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has vindicated him by delivering him from the hand of his enemies.”

“You are not the one to take the news today,” Joab told him. “You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”

Then Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.

 The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

Ahimaaz answered, “I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was.”

The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”

The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”

The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!

Why?

David loved his son Absalom but it was too late for his sins.

It shows the love of a father, David can show his love to Absalom before Absalom took the revolution.

All of these are under the arrangement of the Lord. David must pay for that lamb, Uriah, four times over because he did such things and had no pity. The sword will never depart from your house.

How?

How sad these events happened, the consequence usually comes from our sins. Be aware the target in our life is correct or not.