In an earlier post (Part 13) I pointed out David's plea for the Lord to thwart Ahithophel's counsel (2 Sam. 15:31). In 2 Sam. 17:14 it gets answered. And the means God used included David's encouragement to Hushai to return to Absalom to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel (2 Sam. 15:34). Awesome! 'Tis mystery all! So Absalom and his men thought the counsel of Hushai was better than Ahithophel's. And we're also given the reason why God "ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel." It's crystal clear: "that YHWH might bring harm upon Absalom" (2 Sam. 17:14).
Now how did God ensure that would happen? How did he know that they would embrace that counsel and not Ahithophel's, especially when Absalom had previously thought that Ahithophel's counsel was as from God? Well, isn't the answer obvious? God heard David's plea. And the Lord of the spirits of all flesh worked his sovereign will once again. Can what he purposes be turned back? Whatever is under the whole heaven is God's (Job 41:11). So let no one darken "counsel by words without knowledge" (Job 38:2).
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