Dr. John MuhlfeldJuly 20, 2025
It is always easier to address superficialities than core issues. It is easier to treat symptoms than to cure a disease, to paint a house than to restore its foundation, and to pluck the top of a weed than to dig out its root. As 2 Samuel 14 shows us, it is also easier to manipulate outward restoration than to effect inward reconciliation. Absalom’s place in David’s kingdom seemed to have been restored, but without true reconciliation disaster lay ahead. Praise God for David’s greater Son who secured reconciliation without manipulation though His atoning work on the cross.
Passage: 2 Samuel 14:1-33