The Visitor that Changes Everything

The timid and confused chamberlain knocks on the kingly door that leads into his palatial parlor. There standing beside him is an embarrassed and fearful young married woman who has been summoned by the very King. Not knowing what was to be asked, and behold the unthinkable was requested, yeah demanded. Not long passes and this violated visitor is sent on her way.

Not long and another visitor walks through that Kingly door, this faithful and courageous soldier, and the unknowing victim of the Kings indiscretion that was perpetrated on his wife. This man, Uriah, When he comes in from the battle field refuses to return home as told, but sleeps on the steps of the kings’ house, because he was such a man he could not feel right sleeping with his wife when his friends were dieing in the trenches. He was sent back to the battle with a message that would cause his death.

Another visitor came telling the king that alas, the man that you wanted dead has died.

Under the cover of darkness, the married women who is now a widow is sent for and she becomes a wife yet again, the Kings wife. Everything seems to be fine. But wait,

There it is again, someone is knocking at the door. A steady, strong, and insistent knock of someone who knows your home. Insistent rapping, rapping, rapping at your front door. A UN requested visitor has come calling today.

This visitor walks with purpose as he strides up to the King, this man is none other than the Man of God who declares the dreadful deeds that have been done in secret are no secret at all to the Most High. The king is told, the good news and the bad news, for they are both the same, your not going to die king, but the child will.

A few days pass and the servants of David cautiously approach, not wanting to tell him the awful news, news that the child has in fact died.

So many visitors, so little time. David is spared and he calls for Bathsheba who is no longer a widow, but is now his wife and comforts her. And in this comfort a child is conceived. It is interesting that David calls the child Solomon, which means, Peace.

But wait,

There it is again,

That Knowing knock, that can be only one person. This visitor walks across this well traveled floor and declares one of the most beautiful and mysterious statements in all of scripture. In essence the Lord sent the very same prophet that brought the judgement of death to David, but this time he I imagine is smiling, weeping, crying as he communicates the message the Lord gives, “You can call him peace, but I call this child beloved.”

The final visitor that forever changed the history of this child and this ill-advised union is none other than mercy. This child grows up to become king. The wisest, richest and most successful of Kings in the History of Israel. Truly he was beloved of the Lord. It was all because someone visited him.

Today, Mercy is coming to your house and wants to pronounce to you, that God has more than given you peace with the past, but a glorious hope for the future.

Only God could take something like this and make it so beautiful.

Mercy is the message that can make all mistakes miraculous!

Dear Sir or Madam, you have a visitor.

In Him, By Him, Through Him!

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” Ps 8:4