Come unto Him

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. - 1 Sam 22:1-2

David reminds me of the Lord Jesus in this account.

So many of us would be able to relate to the one in distress. Our hearts rage a war as the good that we want to do, we do not, but the evil that we do not want to do, we keep on doing. All of us should be able to relate to the one in debt. The Bible says that the wages of sin is death and since we're all sinful then we owe the payment for our sin. We'll need to clear the debt of death that we owe. Again many of us could relate to the one that was discontented or, more accurately, bitter in soul. Bitter and callous from the harsh environment of this world. Sore and wounded from the treatment of the people of this world. These verses call out to all.

Note the action! They gathered themselves unto him. The Lord Jesus calls us to come unto Him...and He will give us rest. Whether in distress, or in debt, or even in bitterness, we are to gather ourselves unto Christ. We look to Him for comfort and victory from distress, for redemption from our debt and for sweetness to our souls.

Now note the reaction! It was an all gracious response. All these gathered themselves unto David in their present condition no matter how bad it was. He doesn't turn them away nor refuse their gathering unto him. The Lord Jesus receives wretched, sinful, unworthy men and women. Oh what grace! He does not reject us as we come to Him. We are accepted in Him who is the Beloved.

Now note the result! He became a captain over them. As we understand the grace that the Lord has bestowed upon us then there can be no lower response than Him becoming Lord over us all!