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2 sam 21:1-14 Interesting story here- There is a famine in the land, and David asks why to God and its because Saul was not nice to the Gibeonites. David wants to make it right with them, they say they don’t want gold and sliver- they want to kill 7 of Sauls descendants. David offers up 7, they kill them and then David takes all their bones, with Saul and Jonathans bones and buries them in the family grave of Kish. And then God lifts the famine from the land.What? What do we make of this? Where does this story come from and where does it Go?There’s a part of this story that really stuck out to me- And it was this idea of burying the bonesThe justification and explanation of the murder of 7 people as a means to appease the Gibeonites and God is not something I want to get into this morning- Honestly, parts of it make sense, and some doesn’tThe truth is that Saul was wrong and there was a blood penalty that needed to be executed to be made right- There was a covenant that Saul was supposed to keep that he didn’t and years after his death it still needed to be made right

here’s where I got caught up- The bones. Why bury the bones? Why honor the dead? Why?David wasn’t going to let circumstances change who he was- he was going to Honor GodSaul had done wrong- and the Gibeonites had been slighted- but David was going to be DavidHe had already decided way back in 1 Samuel 26:24 And indeed, as your life was valued much this day in my eyes, so let my life be valued much in the eyes of the Lord, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.”That he wasn’t going to Kill or dishonor Saul- God had chosen Saul, who had chosen David and David was going to come along side what God was doing- he wasn’t going to live for himself.And years after Saul was decapitated, burned and buried with his sons at Jabesh, David went and Got his bones and took them to the family plot of Kish in Benjamin Zelah.It takes a special type of person to have the grit to bury the bones- make it right

1. David wanted to do what was right

It was right to bury the bones because it would bring peace in Israel- The fighting needed to stop. The nation needed to move on. Things needed to be made right.It was right because it honored Saul- It brought him to his rightful resting place with his father.David- No one else will, I will. Everyone will think something bout me- that’s fine. I’ll bury the bones. Ill do the right thing because no one else will- but I will. I will bury the bones.It is the right and honorable thing to bury the bones- and even if those around me don’t understand it- I will do it because I am a man who follows YHWH. I will do it for himYou will notice- no one told David to bury the bones- He did it himself.James 4:17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.Often times when you do the right thing its to an audience of one- Sure this made it into scripture- but there wasn’t any fanfare of adulation from the masses- It was unto God..What does it mean to you?Do you desire righteousness in your life only when others are watching, or do you live unto the lord? What “bones” do you need to bury to move on in your life?Sure, David had to bury literal bones- think about this- 1 sam 31 talks about Sauls death- and he was decapitated, burned and buried and David had to go dig up those bones- by himselfIt was the right thing to do, but it wasn’t easy- we gloss over- but he was diggin it up!But if you’re going to do the right thing- its going to be messy and you wont want to do itDo it anyway. Go dig up the rotting bones and bury them in their rightful place. Its right.I get it- Its hard being a Christian. Its hard doing the right thing all the time.2 Peter 2:21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of right...