1 Samuel 24 & 25, John 18: 25-40, Psalm 81: 8-16
1 Samuel 24: 5-7 (ESV)
“And afterward David's heart struck him, because he had cut
off a corner of Saul's robe. He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should
do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him,
seeing he is the Lord's anointed.” So David persuaded his men with these words
and did not permit them to attack Saul. And Saul rose up and left the cave and
went on his way.”
Verses 5 through 7 from 1 Samuel 24 resonated with me today.
Samuel said that God had chosen David because he knew his heart, and these
verses prove it. David had the opportunity to kill Saul, but he did not. He
didn’t have the heart to kill someone whom God had anointed, even though Saul
wanted him dead.
I don’t know if I could have stopped myself from killing
someone who wanted to kill me, if I knew that God had favored them. I’ve never
been in that situation. I have a hard time right now forgiving friends and
family who aren’t awake and don’t vote the same way I do. My life is not
threatened in anyway, but I’m having a hard time forgiving people who don’t
think the same way politically that I do. I pray to God every day to help me have
forgiveness in my heart for people who don’t vote the same way I do. But God
knows I’m a work in progress on this issue, so when I read what David was able
to do I was in awe. David truly deserved to be chosen by God as king for the
goodness of his heart.
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