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Yesterday we
saw how corrupt people deal with life.
Corrupt people are always looking out for themselves. Corrupt people are willing to use one another
as stepping stones to make themselves better.
That’s how corrupt people live.
On the other
hand, look at David in this chapter.
Saul comes into the cave in which he is hiding. Remember, David is hiding from Saul because
Saul wants David dead. Saul comes into
the cave to go to the bathroom. He is
utterly helpless. Saul is at David’s
complete mercy.
David’s own
men encourage him to kill Saul! They try
to tell Saul that this is God’s opportunity being presented to David. They want David to do what is best for him in
the moment. That’s perfectly
natural. It’s perfectly human.
However,
look at what David does. David cuts off
a corner of Saul’s robe. David finds a
way to prove to Saul that he could have killed Saul but instead chose to let
him live. David shows us how righteous
men live. David will Kill when it is the
Lord’s idea. But he will not kill here
because Saul if his king.
The neat
thing is that we get a glimpse of righteousness in Saul because of David’s righteousness. Remember, he brought down his army to pursue
David. Now, David is within his
grasp. However, Saul is shamed into righteous
behavior because David has proven his heart.
Saul turns around and leaves David in peace. Should David have killed Saul, there no doubt
would have been more bloodshed between Saul’s followers and David’s
followers. David’s righteousness diffuses
the situation completely and allows violence to pass from within their midst.
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