Fearlessly Courageous
Desk of Dennis Piller
9 9 2026
Somebody Has to Go Get Him
The Man Who Couldn’t Come
There’s a place in Israel I want to tell you about called Beit Halochem, which means “House of the Warriors.” It is one of the most remarkable places I have ever heard about.
Jimmy Evans shared the story of where Israel’s wounded soldiers go after the hospital is finished with them. It isn’t a hospital. For many, it becomes a second home. There are therapy pools, gyms, physical rehabilitation, counseling, adaptive sports, and programs for the whole family. There are centers in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, and Beersheba, with another being built in Ashdod.
But what makes Beit Halochem so powerful isn’t the equipment. It’s the people.
Imagine a twenty-two-year-old soldier who has just lost both legs sitting beside a man who lost his legs in Lebanon forty years ago. And that older veteran looks at him and says, “I know exactly where you are. And you’re going to make it.”
There are some wounds that can only be understood by someone who has walked through them. And here’s the part that struck me:
Some of these men can’t get there by themselves. Somebody has to go get them.
That thought takes me straight to our Courageous Mens Group or any men or ladies group.
Every Monday night at 7, the men of Grace Family Church gather together. At the Land O’ Lakes campus, we have 32 table leaders and co-leaders who have dedicated their time, their energy, and their God-given gifts to walking alongside other men.
The ladies Beautiful Group Meets just 100 feet from us in another large room.
Some are recovering from heart attacks or amputations from diabetes. Others are carrying wounds nobody can see—failure, divorce, betrayal, addiction, disappointment, loss, shame, fear, loneliness, or years of simply trying to hold everything together.
And I wonder sometimes:
What is a person worth when his body may still be standing, but his spirit is broken?
What is he worth when he has lost his confidence, his marriage, his purpose, his hope—or maybe even his relationship with God?
The Statue of Liberty stands in the harbor with a message to the tired, the poor, the homeless, and those yearning to breathe free: Come.
But Jesus said something even greater two thousand years ago:
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
The invitation is still going out. But what happens when the man who needs it can’t come?
The Man Who Couldn’t Come
There is a story in 2 Samuel that I have taught many times. But recently, I saw it differently.
King David had won his wars. His kingdom was secure. He could have moved on with the business of ruling. Instead, he asked a question:
“Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
There was. His name was Mephibosheth.
He was the son of David’s closest friend, Jonathan. When Mephibosheth was only five years old, his nurse heard that his father and grandfather had been killed in battle. She fled with him, dropped him, and he became crippled in both feet.
He was, in the truest sense, a casualty of a war he never fought.
“Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.”
—2 Samuel 9:5
Did you catch that? David sent and brought him.
Mephibosheth didn’t come to the king’s palace on his own strength. He couldn’t. Someone had to go get him.
And when he finally arrived, David didn’t ask him to prove himself. He didn’t ask him to fix himself. He gave him a place at the table.
“You shall eat bread at my table continually.” 2 Samuel 9:7
And the Bible tells us:
“So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.” 2 Samuel 9:13
I love that the Bible leaves that last part in there.
He was still lame.
David couldn’t give him his legs back. But he could give him a table. He could give him belonging. He could give him a place.
And maybe that is what God is asking some of us to do.
I am certain there is a man or women in your life who may never walk through the doors of God right now unless you go get them. It may be a men’s group, women’s group, online group, whatever that door is that you have access to.
They may be too ashamed or too hurt. Too angry. Too lonely. Too proud. Too broken.
Maybe he/she has been away from church for years. Maybe he doesn’t think he belongs. Maybe he doesn’t even know how badly he needs somebody to come looking for him.
So go get him. Call him. Text him. Knock on his door. Sit beside him. Tell him, “You don’t have to come alone. I’ll come get you.”
Because Courageous isn’t a place for men who have it all together.
It’s a table for men who need Jesus and men who are willing to help another man find Him.
And perhaps the greatest question God will ever ask us isn’t, “How much did you accomplish?” Maybe it will be:
“What did you do with what I gave you?”
The gifts. The time. The strength. The testimony. The scars. The compassion. The courage.
Who did you go get?
So tonight, think of one man. (Or one woman if you are a lady listener) Just one.
And go get them.
Because somebody had to go get Mephibosheth.
And maybe, just maybe… God has put a Mephibosheth in your life.
“Who will you go get?”
I am on the prayer team and I felt led to list a few today for you to pray for. We often do not realize how others are suffering and in many ways how blessed we are. Please intercede on behalf of these families.
My partner and father of my children, Alex, is in acute liver failure and need a donor. He is my best friend and who I plan to spend the rest of my life with. I am 4 months pregnant with our first daughter and we have an almost 5 year old son.
I am seeking prayers for colon cancer diagnosis and facing a surgery to remove it. As the last service spoke of, I too ask if possible let this cup pass from me, but if it’s his will I know he will be with me through this.
I’VE lost everything! My family, house and I’m living day to day trying to find a job. Please pray that I get a job this week
Prayer for a kidney donor for myself and to keep me strong through dialysis
Thank you for spending these few minutes with me today. My prayer is that these devotionals don’t simply give you something to think about, but draw you into a deeper love for Jesus Christ and His community.
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