Falling on our face!

2 Samuel 9:6
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

David is often viewed as a type of Christ, displaying certain traits that ultimately the Lord Jesus Christ exhibited and practiced during his earthly ministry. This scene is unveiled with some powerful imagery. My heart swells as I read it and realize the graphic similarities that happened to me and still happens to every sinner who places his or her hopes in the redeeming blood of Christ.

1. When Mephibosheth...was come unto David
David had sent for Mephibosheth. He went "down" to Lodebar that place of no hope to retrieve this son. Mephibosheth did not deserve any consideration, he was lame (handicapped), he had no reason to come, he was awaiting his fate like the masses of humanity that comprise all the Lodebar's of this world.

We see the marvelous grace that God set out for every sin sick soul! Every soul is summoned by the King to appear. Our King of Kings gives every sinner a chance to hear the terms of complete surrender and the plan to elevate every repentant soul to "SON" status.

Have you taken the time to remember that when we come into the presence of our King, we have been pulled out of our own Lodebar to sit at the King of Kings table, enjoying the rights and privileges of a son! How grateful that makes me!

2. He fell on his face, and did reverence.
Mephibosheth is in the palace, in front of the King! He is in sensory overload! He begins to realize what has taken place in his shameful life. He sees the blessedness of the simple facts that this, King has given him so much. He knows within himself that he did not deserve one ounce of any of this. He finds that now for the first time in his life, he is something special!

He falls on his face: This phrase is a very graphic picture! It shows us in transition between two states. A sinner that deserves the worst punishment, and one that is emptied of self, prostrate before the mighty judge, awaiting the verdict.

Every day as we enter the courts of the Lord, we would do well to fall on our own faces, to await the judgment we truly deserve. And if by chance we are blessed by the King of Kings, and allowed to enter into his presence, may we be like Mephibosheth found on our face!

3. And David said Mephibosheth.
What an honor! what a blessing! The King calls out our name! God has written our names in his book. God has redeemed us and given us a new name! The blessing is that He knows our name.

We deserved to be called names! Names that tell the whole world just how awful we truly are. Rough and raw names, derogatory and inflammatory! The writer of the hymn wondered out loud about grace as he referred to the sinner by asking "For such a worm as I"

4. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
Today as we are summoned into the courts of the mighty King, as we come into his presence, as he calls our name, what will be our response?

God calls his own to do the tasks he desires to accomplish within his created world. I picture a waiting room of expectant workers hungry to do a little work. Needing to be called in order to receive the daily assignment. The name is called out! Who will answer? The anticipation is heavy and time drags on and on. The name is called again! will they every answer?

I so desire to be in that room today, awaiting the Master's call: "Bob!, ...Bob!" I so want to be like Mephibosheth!... falling on my face before the King, then crying out in expectant joy....."Behold thy servant!"