[Discoveries] 11-25-07 Well rounded Christians -- 2 Samuel 18:10-11

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*One of the men ... told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak 
tree."*/
/*Joab said to the man who had told him this, "What! You saw him? Why 
didn't you strike him to the ground right there?" -- 2 Samuel 18:10-11*/

Joab had one solution to every problem: death. This paradigm was so 
deeply ingrained in him that he couldn't hear David's instructions to be 
gentle with Absalom, and he couldn't understand those among his troops 
who wished to follow the king's orders.

In a way, Joab reminds me of the World War II American General George 
Patton. In a battle, there's no one you would rather have in command. 
But, when the occasion called for diplomacy, Geoge Patton was like a 
stick of dynamite in the hands of a five year old.

We wonder why God spends so much time working on our weaknesses. It is 
because He doesn't want us to be another Joab, only useful for a very 
limited purpose, and getting in the way of God's plans in every other 
situation.

Thank God that He is working with us to smooth our rough edges!

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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