David and Absalom

¹³ A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”
¹⁴ Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”
¹⁵ The king’s officials answered him, “Your servants are ready to do whatever our lord the king chooses.”
¹⁶ The king set out, with his entire household following him; but he left ten concubines to take care of the palace. ¹⁷ So the king set out, with all the people following him, and they halted at the edge of the city. ¹⁸ All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.

Absalom usurped David's position as king! Why is that happening? While David was still in total power, He had allowed Absalom to reign freely, gaining support of people sneakily. David must have knew all these, BUT he kept quiet. Imagine if He came out of the closet and told his son about what he is not supposed to have - the throne. David knew, God told him that the person to take over the throne is Saul not Absalom. Whatever that we do and not do is really important. Because it really important to grow people. we can only groom people properly if we correct them, not to just encourage them. I think thats a really important point. If we can do that, then we can build Godly men and women. We have to ask this question ultimately. Do we love/fear God more than we love/fear of the person. If not sometimes we would end up in this situation in what David is. Maybe we would not be this severe, but in this situation nonetheless.