Read 1 Samuel 26
Seek and Trust
8 God has surely handed
your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him
to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!” 9 “No!”
David said. “Don’t kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the
Lord’s anointed one? 10 Surely the Lord will strike Saul down someday, or he
will die of old age or in battle.”
HERE IS a second time David had the opportunity to kill
Saul. And here is the second time David submitted to God’s purpose and God’s
timing to accomplish God’s promises to him.
The great contrast
between Saul and David is evident time and again. Saul tries vainly to thwart
God’s plans and laws. David reverently submits to God’s plans and laws. God
would destroy Saul. God would raise David to greatness.
These are lessons
for us in all circumstances. Jesus said, (Matt 6:32-34) “For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father
knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.”
To very simply paraphrase
our Lord’s teaching, he was saying in effect, “Trust the Father. All he has
planned for you is good. Follow his ways and you will receive what is good in
his will for you.”
David followed God’s
ways and God rewarded him. It certainly was good for David to hold on to this
way of living. You will see what happens when he does not.
A Moment’s Thought: It is dangerous to go ahead of God.
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