Business As Usual?
I find it difficult to keep my mind off the crisis in Haiti. It is difficult to go on with 'business as usual' when so many people are suffering so much. The way media brings these events into our homes has somewhat dulled our senses to catastrophes. We fail to realize that this could happen here. It could be us. Don't get me wrong- I'm a huge NFL fan (go Colts!) and want to go ahead with life as if nothing happened. I want to put the people of Haiti on my prayer list, send a little money, send a relief basket, and wake up tomorrow thinking I have done enough. But how should I respond to a national disaster, even if it is not in my own country?
'Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.' (2 Samuel 19:24)
Mephebosheth, the grandson of King Saul (and son of Jonathan), knew that the kingship was David's. He supported David, but was undermined by Ziba, his own servant. Ziba had informed David that Mephibosheth was involved in an attempt to overthrow his reign. David (the true king) responded by giving all of Mephibosheth's land to Ziba. Mephibosheth's response is not out of mourning his loss of land, but rather a response to the nation's calamity. He could not go about 'business as usual' until the true king was restored. He was rewarded for his loyaly, but reward was not his goal. His response of true humility in the face of a national crisis is motivating.
I pray that I will learn the appropriate response to crisis, knowing when I should mourn, and also when I should return to 'business as usual'.
'Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.' (2 Samuel 19:24)
Mephebosheth, the grandson of King Saul (and son of Jonathan), knew that the kingship was David's. He supported David, but was undermined by Ziba, his own servant. Ziba had informed David that Mephibosheth was involved in an attempt to overthrow his reign. David (the true king) responded by giving all of Mephibosheth's land to Ziba. Mephibosheth's response is not out of mourning his loss of land, but rather a response to the nation's calamity. He could not go about 'business as usual' until the true king was restored. He was rewarded for his loyaly, but reward was not his goal. His response of true humility in the face of a national crisis is motivating.
I pray that I will learn the appropriate response to crisis, knowing when I should mourn, and also when I should return to 'business as usual'.
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