David’s loyalty to his friend Jonathan culminates in the extension of communal care and resources to Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, who is disabled. David honors and recognizes him as an image-bearer of God in the lineage of his chosen people.
David’s journey through wilderness is not unlike our own search for spiritual satisfaction. Jesus promises living water, but how do we find it when life feels like a desert?
Once freed from the burden of our brokenness, we are released into a life made for carrying each other and restoring one another to fullness of life in Christ.
On Pentecost Peter preached to a large gathering of people who didn’t believe. By the end of this first sermon Peter ever delivered, over 3,000 people had become followers of Jesus. What did they hear that changed their life?