1 Samuel 26 “But David said to Abishai, ‘Don’t destroy him, (Saul) for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be blameless?’ David added, ‘As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. However, because of the Lord, I will never lift up my hand against the Lord’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and the water jug by his head, and let’s go.’” 1 Samuel 26: 9-11 The emphasis of today’s passage falls on the conversation between David and Abishai. It can be expected that Abishai assumed he was signing up for a commando raid, wherein Saul (and perhaps Abner as well) would be assassinated. In any case, in a scene reminiscent from the last time David spared Saul’s life, the soldier was convinced the Lord had led David to sleeping Saul for the express purpose of killing him. Abishai whispers theological advice to David, “Today God has shut your enemy up into your hand - and now let me nail him to the ground with my spear. I won’t need more than once.” David corrects Abishai’s theology, “Don’t destroy him, for who can put forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed and remain innocent? David must have learned something back in chapter 25 with Nabal’s death. The Lord struck down David’s enemy when David relented from acting foolishly. David learned that the Lord can handle such matters, when left into His hands. David is suggesting the Lord may act in the same manner with Saul…or, He may not. There are numerous possibilities for how the Lord may work. What David really needed to focus on, was not the Lord’s method of punishing Saul, but his own faithful obedience. We would do well to learn a lesson here! Our main goal in life should be to seek God’s Word and obey it. We must not run ahead of God’s timing. Rather, we should wait on The Lord to accomplish His purposes in & through our lives. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely n your own understanding; think about Him in a your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 Perhaps, David was pondering the same thing we were: How did they sneak past all those army guards? Surely, the Lord was with them! “So David took the spear and the water jug by Saul’s head, and they went their way. O one saw them, no one knew, and no one woke up; they all remained asleep because a deep sleep from the Lord came over them.” 1 Samuel 26:12 I believe David knew Who had allowed their stealth passage, and that there was a high probability that God would have awoken every soldier in the camp if David & Co. had sinned by attempting to kill Saul!
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:11:58 +0000
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