"[Joab said,] 'Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.'
So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him."
Despite David's grief over Absalom's death, he was teachable. He listened to Joab's point of view and responded. David, who was personally devastated and whose kingdom was in political disarray, needed to lean not on his own wisdom or feelings but on his advisor. He needed to put aside his own grief and pain to serve. We too are sometimes called to lay aside our own issues so we can deal with our responsibilities. We must lean on God to strengthen us at such times and be willing to sacrifice our own needs.
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