Settling for Less Than the Best (F)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Sam%2019:24-30&version=NIV

The above passage talks about a meeting that took place between Mephibosheth (a crippled who was the grandson of Saul, but was allowed to hang out with David after David became king) and David in the Bible. Mephibosheth was a person who David let eat with him at his dinner table. Mephibosheth had been accused of betraying David while David was out at war, and yet it appears Mephibosheth was innocent. But the problem is, even though Mephibosheth lost all his possessions because of someone else lying about him, and could have gotten at least half of it back when David offered to partially correct the wrong, he chose not to.

I felt like God told me to read that passage just the other day. And when I asked him what he wanted me to get out of it, I felt like he said that the church today is in a position like Mephibosheth. I felt like he said- The church is not functioning to full capacity (like Mephibosheth had crippled legs), though it eats at the Lord's table. Also, that the church today is living in injustice, and is missing possessions that rightfully belong to it. The problem is, the church has chosen in the past to say "I'd rather not waste the extra energy to press God to get back what the enemy stole from me; even if I do desire it."

I feel that God is pointing out this passage now because he is wanting people to press into him to get back what is rightfully theirs. He wants them to quit feeling sorry for themselves, and for them to remember that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6), and that he has said that people who press him for justice and amends to be made will get it and get it more quickly (Luke 18:8). I feel he is calling people to pick their dreams back up, to pick back up their position of refusing to let the enemy take what is theirs, and to continue to go to God concerning these issues because he wants to make justice happen for the wrongs. The question is- how far are we willing to go to get back what God has wanted us to have the whole time? How good are we going to believe God really is?