WEEKLY REFLECTION by Pastor Lap Dinh on 2 Samuel 1:17, 27

Saul had been David's enemy for years — hunting him, threatening him, driving him into exile. When the news of his death arrived, David did not celebrate. He tore his clothes, wept, and composed a lament. He mourned for a man who had tried to kill him. This is the most direct challenge to the logic of self-protection in the entire story. David had every right — by any human calculus — to feel relief or even vindication. Instead, he grieved. Not for the sake of appearances, but because he had learned to see Saul the way God saw him: the Lord's anointed, a fallen image-bearer, a man of great gifts who chose the lesser thing.

We see in Gospel of Luke 19 that Jesus weeps over Jerusalem — a city that will crucify Him within days. “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace!” (Luke 19:42). He had every divine right to come in judgment. He came in tears.

The heart of Christ weeps over those who are perishing — even those who oppose Him. Can we say the same? In a city of 10 million souls, many of whom are rushing toward a Ziklag they cannot yet see — do we lament, or do we scroll past?

Lord, give us tears for the city.