Do your weaknesses and failures make you feel like a dead dog, even though God Himself says you are fit to eat at the King's table?
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"
Three Reports
The Mephibosheth Complex can be seen in three layers. Personal evaluation: crippled and dependent, a dead dog. Others' opinion: he was convinced other people also saw him as a dead dog. God's perspective: he was fit to eat at the King's table.
Do your weaknesses and failures make you feel like a dead dog, even though you do not verbalize it like Saul's grandson? Have other people acted toward you in ways that confirm your worst fears?
Which Report Do You Believe?
So which report do you believe, yours, your neighbor's, or God's? Mephibosheth took the knife and fork and went ahead to enjoy the delicacies. Grace invites you to do the same.
