Read: 1 Sam. 18-20; Ps.11; Ps.56
Saul didn’t have a kingdom mentality. He only thought of himself and his better good, not the good of the kingdom. So he was jealous of David’s gifts and talents. Sound familiar? It reeks of a good church split. If we truly put the kingdom first and appreciated the gifts others had we would be able to put them in positions to aid the body of Christ. Saul treated David with such injustice yet David behaved himself wisely and didn’t fight back. David knew he was to be the next king because Samuel had anointed him to be and everything Samuel said came to pass, so David waited on the Lord. Saul envied the spirit of God in David and the love his son, Jonathan had for David and the love the people had for David. It was obvious to Saul that his popularity was shrinking while David’s was growing. Jealousy eventually leads to murder and Saul tried, but God wouldn’t let him succeed. David still refused to fight back. We see in the Psalms how David poured his soul to the Lord and what he was thinking. He talks about how the wicked shoot at the upright in heart. Yet he proclaims that God is in his holy temple and he is seeing everything that is going on. The wicked will be judged and God loves his righteous ones.
David knew that God was for him and if that was so then He would save him.
Lord, when we are afraid, we will trust in You like David did.
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