Ishbosheth and the Unborn

439 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 4:10 "when someone told me, saying, 'Look, Saul is dead,' thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag-the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news. 11 "How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?" 12 So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron. Man this is messy.....real messy. But let's try not to get caught up in the gory details. They are included here to remind us how much God hates the spilling of innocent blood. Remember these two men went into the house of a man who had done no wrong, entered the sanctuary of his own bedroom and slew him. This is the lot of thousands of unborn children every single day in America. The innocent unborn child, in the sanctuary of the womb, is done away with either by chemical or physical means. The slaying of Ishbosheth is a picture of abortion wherever and whenever the innocent life, that begins at fertilization is ended. In our world today it is vital that we teach our children and others about the sanctity of life. They need to know....we need to know, that God hates the shedding of innocent blood. Pr 6:16,17 says, “These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, and Pr 1:15 says, “My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. Now, God is not going to come after sinners and cut off their hands and feet like David did. David did it as an example to us, to remind us that hands and feet are not to be used to shed innocent blood., and it is vital that we assure those who have participated in this act that there is no sin that Jesus did not pay for on the cross. His hands and feet were nailed to the tree, that our hands and feet (which are so swift to sin in so many different ways) may be spared. Abortion is like any other sin, in that it must be confessed, and then by faith, receive the gift of forgiveness that is offered through faith in Jesus. Father, thank You for this reminder. I pray that our land will once again cherish Your gift of life, and that You will set those free who are languishing in guilt because of any and all wrong choices made in the past.