1 Samuel
26 – 31
Stories like this in the Bible are great history lessons. We
see David, who is the 25th great grandfather of Jesus was an
honorable man. In chapter 26 we see he has another chance to kill Saul, yet he
does not and spares his life once again through honor and not murder. I believe
this is why David was blessed, because for the most part his faith was in God
and God’s plan.
I think about how I would go about it. At a young age he was
blessed to be king of Israel, but still had some learning to do. Instead of
being a brash young buck and taking the throne at his will, he actually trained
under Saul and learned how to be king. He trusted God and followed His path
without forcing one of his own. We see this often in the Bible, like with
Moses. God spent 40 years correcting and training him before he was ready to
lead Israel.
I think the key we need to learn is all these stories is to trust God and not
take things into our own hands. Heck, somewhere down the line I had this vision
of being the one to restore our family’s fortune. MY solution was play the
lottery and wait for Ed to show up on my door step. What God wanted from me was
hard work and diligence. What I gave him was a half assed effort, since that
was more than enough in the working world.
I walked away from conflict or strife instead of learning through it. I
question if that was a idea from God or just a selfish young kid who wanted to
race motorcycles instead of working for a living? I don’t know, just do know
where we are today doesn’t suck.
Saul dies with his sons and now we will see the struggle
David has taking the throne. Stay tuned, same bat time .. same bat channel.
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