5/29/2024
My wife, Becky, often reads her Bible in the mornings while she drinks her coffee. She will sometimes mention something she is reading to me. We have recliners that position us to see one another.
A few days ago, she looked up from her reading and asked me, “Are you in a box?”
I answer, “I can come out of my box.”
Often, our conversations start like this.
She then mentioned Absolom riding a mule. She commented, “It seemed odd he was riding a mule.”
A few days go by, and a similar opening conversation about a box, and she mentions a mule again about the time that Adonijah had declared himself King,
I ask her to read it to me,
“Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:”
Why would the king ride a mule?
This prompted me to search and found that the following,
”Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.”
The Kings Mule.
Mules have many characteristics that make them desirable.
They have bigger ears than a horse.
They have greater endurance.
They are more surefooted.
They are more patient and less prone to panic.
They live longer.
They have harder hooves which makes them great for rocky terrain
Preferred by Armies for military service.
Their skin is less sensitive and more resistant to sun and rain
They can survive on a rougher diet.
Mules are valuable, especially in challenging environments.
So here is something to consider.
God is not looking for a showhorse or a racehorse.
Are you willing to be the King’s Mule?
Mules are known for being very stubborn.
If you are going to be successful in living for God, you will have to develop a very strong sense of what you are unwilling to do and where you are reluctant to go.
May Jesus find a place to ride on you.
In Him, By Him, Through Him, and ON ME!
Ride on, King Jesus!
Scott A. Phillips