Category: Ingrate Is Not By Status

1 When David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of  Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins,  one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 

2 And the king said to Ziba, “What do you mean to do with these?” So Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for  those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.” 

3 Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’ ” 

4 So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that   belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”

We saw how ingrate Mephibosheth was in our study yesterday. How he desired to reign in the place of King David, who made him a “figure” to be reckon with again in Israel. He was so happy when King David was faced with challenges and refuses to sympathise with Him. 

Today, let’s study how Ziba handled the situation and the result. Ziba, a slave to King Saul, Mephibosheth’s grand father, whom David made his slave. He deemed it fit to show gratitude to King David, who still made him a slave with his whole family. Still, he refuse to be an ingrate, He chose to reciprocate back to the king, the privilege to serve again in the royal linage. He came with substances for sustenance for the king and His entourage. In return, King David blessed him with the blessing of the house of Saul. He inherited all the wealth of King Saul, why? Because he decided not to be an ingrate. 

To be an ingrate leads to decrease and stagnation but gratitude bring increase, progress and satisfaction, even from God and Man. Do not forget to reward someone today for their past acts towards you. God bless you.