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2 Samuel chapter 1, verse 27,

How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war perished.

This verse is the very last verse in 2nd Samuel chapter 1,

and it closes a lament from David over Saul and

Jonathan his son so verse 17 and 2nd Samuel 1 says David lamented with this lamentation over

Saul and Jonathan Saul who had been the king of the people of Israel.

And he gets to the end of this lamentation and says these words, how the mighty have fallen.

And I read this and I think about that reality in the world for all of us, including everyone who has any power in this world.

Just think about the most mighty countries and mighty leaders of those countries.

In the end, their might will be brought to nothing.

I think about a conversation that another one of our pastors and I had with a very powerful

leader of a very mighty country.

And we just had a couple of brief moments alone with this leader.

And I was holding a Bible and this other pastor just went for it.

He just said to this leader, looked him in the eye and said, this book pointing to the

Bible, says that every man is destined to die and face judgment. And the only thing that will matter

on that day is whether you have Jesus. He said none of this other stuff in this world, including

position and power in this world, is going to matter. The only thing that will matter

is if you have Jesus. And he looked at this leader and said, we want you to have Jesus on

that day more than anything else. We want you to have Jesus. And it's true. The mighty will fall, and that includes all of us, which should change our

perspective on our lives, and it includes everyone in the world, which should change our perspective

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