Devon Fouch
Feb 5, 2026
2nd Samuel 9:3-8 NLT
“The king then asked him “Is anyone still alive from Saul’s family? If so,
I want to show God’s kindness to them.” Ziba replied “Yes, one of Jonathan’s sons is still alive.
He is crippled in both feet.” “Where is he?” The king asked. “In Lo-Debar, “ Ziba told him, “At the
home of Makir, son of Amiel.” So David sent for him and brought him from Makir’s home. His
name was Mephibosheth; he was Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson. When he came to
David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, “Greetings, Mephibosheth.”
Mephibosheth replied, “I am your servant.” “Don’t be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show
kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property
that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the King’s table!”
Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show
such kindness to a dead dog like me?”
Mark 7:25-28 NLT
“Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet.
Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged him to cast out the demon from
her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia, Jesus told her “First I should
feed the children- my own family- the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw
it to the dogs.” She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to
eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”
1.) Labels
The name Mephibosheth means “from the mouth of shame”.
2nd Samuel 4:4 NLT- “Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child’s nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.”
Merriam Webster defines labels as “a descriptive or identifying word or phrase”.
What are your labels?
2.) Are We Letting Our Labels Become Limitations?
Lo-Debar translates to “no pasture, no thing, or no word”. It was a place of shame, rejection, and brokenness. A place to go to be forgotten.
An identity shaped by limitations always leads to Lo-Debar.
The Gentile woman didn’t let her labels dictate her faith.
Mark 5:27-29 NLT “She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.”
What barriers have we let separate us from the King?
Will you be the person who is pursued? Or will you be the person who pursues?
3.) A Seat At The Table
Even the table scraps in the kingdom have power!
Romans 8:38 NLT “And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow - not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.”