Saturday, September 30, 2017

I Samuel 26:5,7,8



I Samuel 26:5,7,8 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. A second time, God delivered Saul right into David’s hand. And a second time, David would not lift his hand against God’s anointed king. David was patient and determined to wait for God to depose of the king. David knew that two wrongs do not make one right. Just because Saul was evil did not give David permission to murder him and take over his throne. David knew that he would be king someday - in God’s own time.

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