2Sa 14:1-2, So Joab …PERCEIVED THAT THE KING’S HEART WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ABSALOM. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “PLEASE PRETEND TO BE A MOURNER, AND PUT ON MOURNING APPAREL; …BUT ACT LIKE A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MOURNING A LONG TIME FOR THE DEAD.
Joab wanted to bring back Absalom because it was affecting David, the king!
2Sa 14:14, FOR WE WILL SURELY DIE AND BECOME LIKE WATER SPILLED ON THE GROUND, which cannot be gathered up again. YET GOD DOES NOT TAKE AWAY A LIFE; BUT HE DEVISES MEANS, SO THAT HIS BANISHED ONES ARE NOT EXPELLED FROM HIM.
The wise woman told David “WE ALL DIE THEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF RECONCILIATION IS GONE! DO IT NOW! GOD DEVISES MEANS TO BRING BACK A BANISHED PERSON BACK TO HIMSELF! A PICTURE OF JESUS WHO HUNG ON THE CROSS TO BRING US BACK TO THE FATHER
2Co 5:18, Now all things are of God, WHO HAS RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, AND HAS GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION,
TIME IS SHORT, FORGIVE AND MOVE ON! WE HAVE WORK TO DO FOR HIS KINGDOM!
Mat 18:21-22, Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I DO NOT SAY TO YOU, UP TO SEVEN TIMES, BUT UP TO SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.