Today's passage: 1 Samuel 23-24
These two chapters are another example of why David is one of my favorites! He demonstrates courage, obedience, faithfulness, trust, patience, and mercy. And that is just in this passage!!
The most poignant part of the passage is David sparing Saul's life. He had the chance to kill him, capture him, torture him, whatever he wanted to do to him. He had personal reasons for doing it; he had political reasons to do it. Going against those reasons and a blood thirsty culture that seemed to scream, "Take the shot!", David spares him. And this is what gets me-- he would not touch God's anointed! Are you asking what I am asking? Wasn't David God's anointed??? David trusted God and His timing in his role as king. Not only does he spare Saul, he recognizes Saul's authority, attempts to reconcile with him, and publicly leaves it in the Lord's hands to judge. In verse 12 he says, "...but my hand shall not be against you." WOW!!!!
How many of us have someone who is trying to kill us--literally hunting us down in the wilderness? And yet, we fall away, run away from our relationship with God for so much less.
Do we resist the temptation to get revenge on our "enemies"? Hmmm... We often throw them under the bus for a lot less than trying to kill us. For example, things like rumors, lies, or just un-returned calls, are enough to make us want to black ball someone or write them off completely! David honored God above and beyond his circumstances, will we do the same?
May God bless the reading of His word!
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