From Our Pastor’s Desk
Welcome to this our new Month of ITTAI, in Jesus name.
One of David’s closest confidants and allies was a giant Philistine from Gath.
In fact, during the battle with Absalom, Ittai will hold a command equal to Joab and Abishai, David’s cousins. Philistine like Goliath, and also from Gath, the city where Goliath came from.
The unsung hero of this month was a native of Gath, a Gittite like Goliath. A giant like Goliath. Because of that, one would expect him to be a staunch enemy of David, for David killed his kinsman.
But no, this hero, a stranger, became one of the most faithful friends of David, becoming one of his chief captains during the rebellion of Absalom. And he was exiled and sent away from Gath.
When David wanted to send this giant away, because he was a stranger, the giant answered the king in 2nd Samuel 15:22, “as the Lord lives, wherever you go, that’s where I go.
Whether in death or life, there will your servant be” Mercy Seatizens, welcome to April 2023, “Our Month of Ittai.”
His was a story of the loyalty, faithfulness and help one can receive of a stranger & exile. May strangers stand and feed our flocks, and the sons of the alien and foreigner shall be our plowmen and our vinedressers.
May men bring unto us the forces and spoils of the Gentiles, this month and beyond, in Jesus Name. Amen.
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