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Every Man to His Tent 2 Samuel 20

Summary

David is returning from a long-fought battle with his own son Absalom who is killed in the battleA trouble maker names Sheba from the tribe of Benjamin incites people to leave DavidBrew the horn and said “Every man to His tent “- Lets do what we want.Men of Israel desert David and Men of Judah stay with DavidDavid asks Amasa (an old general from Absalom’s army) to gather an army in 3 days but he takes his timeDavid sends Abishai and Joab to hunt Sheba who was trying to run to a fortified city for safetyJoab meets Amasa on his way back and kills himAbishai, Joab and their army arrive at the city Sheba is hiding and they start attacking the fortified cityA wise woman asks to speak to Joab and offers to redeem the city by handing over ShebaAnd so they do, they cut off Sheba’s head and throws it over the wall.Joab blows the horn and called his troop back and they “Every man to His tent”

This morning I want to talk to us about the call from and to our Tent’s – our homes, our dwellings.

Before this am, I am almost sure that, you don’t think much about the call you hearEvery Morning before you rise up, there is a call to your tentIt’s a call to leave your tent and be part of somethingYou can’t ignore it because its loud and a response is requiredAt the end of the day as we return to our tents, a question arises, what actions did you do and did they build your family, your church, your community?Our actions have a lasting implication to the things that we answer toIt could be a call from a friend to pray for something, listen to something, or do somethingHere we see two calls – one from Sheba to desert and another from Joab to regroupThis morning I am challenging you to rethink about the calls you hear and the respond to them and the implication of each one of them.We are going to look at 3 characters involved and see what kind of response they hadDon’t be mistaken, all of them heard their call and choose to leave their tent to a certain direction and that shaped the rest of their day

Sheba – A rebel

2 Samuel 20:1-2 - And there happened to be there a [a]rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said:

“We have no share in David,Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

2 So every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king.

A RebelThere happen to be a worthless manA base and ContemptibleA wicked manA trouble MakerThat is not how I want to be introduced in the Bible

The Sad part is that he was a Benjamite –

Deuteronomy 33:12 (Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,Who shelters him all the day long;And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”)

A man from a tribe beloved by God and unfortunately, he heads a call from the enemy and leads others to desert a man of God.A man who would have lived a life pleasing to God, a warrior of GodIt’s crazy that God has a plan for us and given us names – Yet we follow our own desires to go against that which we are naturally called to beWhere have you pitched your tent?Your location matters because it influences the voices you hearJust like Sheba, this season I see many people, take up their trumpet and go against the Church, against the leaders and folks as we read this chapter, we realized that a rebels will not prevailSpoil alert,