We Sit Because He is Faithful

Some stories in Scripture don’t shout; they whisper. They slip quietly into the narrative, but if you lean in, they reveal the heart of God in a way that stops you in your tracks. Mephibosheth’s story is one of those whispers.

Long after the dust of battle had settled and Jonathan was gone, David remembered a covenant he had made with his best friend. He didn’t let that promise fade with time. Instead, the King asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” (2 Samuel 9:3)

That question set everything in motion.

It reached all the way to Lo‑Debar, a barren, forgotten place, where a disabled man lived in obscurity. Mephibosheth was lame in both feet and saw himself as a "dead dog," according to scripture. He needed kindness and provision, but he didn’t go looking for the king.

The king went looking for him.

Mephibosheth wasn’t summoned because he was impressive. He wasn’t chosen because he was useful. He wasn’t invited because he could do anything for the king. He was sought out because of the covenant of a faithful friend.

And when he arrived, still suffering from a physical disability, David didn’t just give him mercy. He gave him a seat.

A permanent one.

"And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.” (2 Samuel 9:10b)

At that table, Mephibosheth’s disability didn’t disappear, but it also didn’t define him. The king’s kindness did. The table covered his feet, and in doing so, it covered the very thing that marked him as ‘less than.’ 

The same is true for us.

We come to God with our own forms of brokenness, all the parts of our story we’d rather hide, the wounds we didn’t choose, the limitations we didn’t ask for, and the shame we’ve carried far too long. We come limping, figuratively or literally, and we wonder if our broken places disqualify us.

But we are seen by the King who keeps His promises.

He sought us out in our own “Lo‑Debar” places and brought us close to Him.

The King calls us by name and then pulls out a chair.

He doesn't require us to be clean or healed before we take our seat.

We don’t sit at His table because we are whole. 

We sit because He is faithful.

Tori