The counsel of Ahithophel, that shall stand!
When you have lost your identity. I lost my serve! I lost my record at doing word puzzles! I lost my identity.. What are you when you are not who you identified as?
Are you even a person?
Where will you find your new identity?
What will you do to recoup and regroup e parts of your mind and body that did that one thing?
I don’t know if Ahithophels suicide was a cop out or a realization that his side was bound to lose and early entering into that loss…
No suicide is right or good. He had time to put his house in order. The other soldiers on his team were still hinting that God had forsaken David, like he had Saul. Perhaps that is what having a king means? Perhaps, there is a reason that God is not giving us longevity in one family? The Jews were all struggling with these reasonings? David is a bloody man and what he did to Saul is being requited.
No, Samuel was In touch with God!
Absalom was the fruit of the sown seeds of adultery and murder that David had sown. He reaped a horror movie that he couldn’t get out of.
Everybody has a specialization. Wisdom was Ahithophels. It was followed for years and by responsible people.
The leadership style of Absalom is one to be averted. Multitude of counsellors, is commendable, but the public demeaning of the counsellors is wrong. Ahithophels was not senstitive. He knew that there was a wrong premise that Absalom was following. Diss the establishment. Put down anybody of power. New is not always better. Young people may follow you, but if you can’t show precidence, you shouldn’t be trusted. There was no Lord and Savior who had paid it all for his sins and failures. He had no counsellor for his soul. Don’t let that be your dilemma. If you find yourself on the wrong side of the conflict with God, repent. Seek His counsel and renewal. God has many new purposes for wrong starts in people’s lives. Jesus is the answer!
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