There's a man in the Old Testament with a name quite tough to pronounce.

Maphibosheth was a nobody, living in obscurity, lame in both feet.

Tragically, he expected to be executed.

Instead, a king invited him to the royal table for life.

And today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall says his story is actually our story. Because grace

isn't God helping those who help themselves. It's God seeking out the helpless, the sinful,

the enemy, meeting us with arms wide open.

Today's message on God's grace is part of Chuck's 12-part series called How Great Is Our God.

Today on the grace of God, we're going to look at Mepheboshev.

2 Samuel chapter 9.

David has come to the throne.

His predecessor, King Saul, has died.

The family of Saul has fled away, though David exterminated none of them.

But when Saul died, Zeba, his servant, as well as a nurse who was helping with the children,

took up this little boy, Maphiboshv, and ran for their lives to hide.

In the running, she dropped him, and he was crippled, and both his feet.

Now, that's the background of the story Mepaphibibesh, here in 2 Samuel 9.

And David is now in his palace.

And David, as he's sitting and musing, remembers a promise.

Before his dear friend Jonathan died in the same battle as Saul, his father had died in,

David promised Jonathan he would take care of his family. Jonathan said, just make that covenant with me. And David

said, I promise. Suddenly the promise comes back to his mind and he thinks, this is a, I've got to

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