Hushai’s Friendship by Kirk Hunt

David said to him, “If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me. But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

2 Samuel 15:33-34

Hushai left Jerusalem to flee with his friend, King David. David refused him, and instead asked him to put his life at risk to help defeat Absalom’s mutiny. Hushai, in a display of real friendship, agreed to thwart the rebels, especially Ahithophel.

Real friendship is a weighty thing. Too often, a friend drives past inconvenience and straight into serious risk and true danger. An authentic companion faces your hellhounds and snarls back.

In addition to fidelity and courage, the best friends have ability and skill. Hushai may not have claimed the extraordinary intellect and insight of Ahithophel, but he had the clout and voice of a king’s advisor. If anyone had the mind and wisdom to foil David’s enemies, it would be Hushai.

David had many advisors, but only one friend. Consider the people around you. Which of them would put their life on the line for you? Who among them could make that kind of risk pay off?

Of course, to get and keep the best folk, you must be a Godly man or women of loyalty and skill. Hushai’s friendship is a weighty thing for God’s best folk. Are you a Hushai-like friend to someone?

Think: Surround yourself with Godly men and women. You will need each other.

Pray: “Lord, surround me with men and women full of Your character and wisdom.”

Copyright © August 2025, Kirk Hunt

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