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A MEETING OF SAUL AND DAVID
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
1 Samuel 24

Psalm 26:1-12

 

“For thy lovingkindness
is before mine eyes:

and I have walked in thy truth.”

 

A MEETING OF SAUL AND DAVID
 
1 Samuel 24:5-7 says, “And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.”
 
As Saul left the cave, David also went out of the cave and went after Saul. He showed himself to Saul and stooped before him. He acknowledged Saul as his king and assured the king that he would not hurt him. David graciously disregarded the circumstances that prevailed then and sought to make peace with his king. He spoke of how he had spared the king’s life in the cave, and that he was not the king’s enemy.
 
David showed what it meant to obey God. He trusted God and refused to kill even the one who was hunting his life. David showed in a very real way what it means to entrust one’s life to God.
 
David’s action was contrary to the expectation of the king and his servants. Even David’s men were surprised that their master David did not use the opportunity in the cave to kill King Saul. It was David’s God-given wisdom that guided him to adopt a peaceful means in order to end his conflict with Saul. He fully recognised Saul as the king and that it was God who had put him into that office. He called him the Lord’s anointed. The two entered into a conversation as each party was restrained. The hostility ceased after the meeting between David and the king. Saul was subdued by the turn of events. In this, David demonstrated his wisdom that came from God. He also exercised humility on his part.
 
THOUGHT: God gives thoughts of peace even when there is hatred.
PRAYER: Father, help me to choose Thy way of peace in times of conflict.

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