The Conflict-Resolver

I was reading the other day in a part of the Bible that I'm not all that familiar with. It's a story about two guys who had a quarrel with one another over some land that belonged to them. 2 Samulel 19 recounts the story. I want to focus in this story on the humility of one of those guys, Mephibosheth.
1. During a rebellion, he honored the king. 2 Samuel 19:24 says that while David was in exile, and the kingdom was in trouble, Mephibosheth showed his solidarity by going through some visual symbols of self-humiliation - letting his hair grow, not trimming his mustache or cleaning his feet until the King was restored as ruler of the whole land. So, while his people were rebelling, Mephibosheth honored the king.
2. He values the reign of the King more than his own vindication. Having been swindled by his servant Ziba out of his land and branded a traitor(16:1-4) Mephibosheth would have been the poorest of poor, and had every right to be angry at the king for mistrusting him. Seeing his own mistake in granting the land to the false servant Ziba, David justly decreed that Mephibosheth would get a part of the land (29). Mephibosheth's response, however, gives us a lesson for conflict resolution on any magnitude. He says to the king: "Let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house" (19:30). In the last point, we saw him waiting patiently for the restoration of the kingdom. Now that David has been restored, we see him fully satisfied. His waiting for the king was not so that he could get his land back. He didn't do this fasting thing just so that he could get something out of it. He just wanted the king to reign. Christians, so may we be.

What does it take to resolve today's conflicts and wars? A love for the kingdom of God. We cannot hold our identities and our possessions nearer to us than we do our love for the King of Kings and expect to resolve conflicts.