Jim Gallagher

2 Samuel 9:8

“Then he bowed himself, and said, ‘What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?'”

Years ago I heard the phrase, “There are three of you; the you you think you are, the you others think you are, and the you God knows you are.” I think this is fitting as it relates to Mephibosheth. He was a young man who had a difficult life that caused him to devalue himself greatly. 

Mephibosheth was the son of Prince Jonathan, and had Saul’s dynasty continued, he would have been in line to be a king. Sadly, because of his grandfather’s disobedience, and the rebelion of his uncle, Ishbosheth, Mephibosheth become a fugitive. He was a child when Ishbosheth took the throne, and was forced to flee in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, under the cloak of darkness, he fell and injured himself. From…