David talks to Saul

Hello:

Our text for today picks up with what David will say to King Saul after he picks himself from the ground from paying honor and respect to the king.  The incidence was David seeing Saul in the cave and having the ability to kill him and end this chase on his life, he instead just cut off a piece of his garment and he later felt convicted that he had done that.

Here is the story:

I Samuel 24:9 He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. 12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you. 14 ”Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? 15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.”

As you can see from the story, David is letting Saul know that he had every opportunity to kill him and his men even urged him to kill him but he refused because he knew that Saul was God’s anointed.   He calls Saul his father.  He tried to let him know that he has not been guilty of any wrong doing or rebellion and that he has never tried to harm him.

Evidently, Saul also has men in the camp that have been whispering in his ears that David is trying to steal the kingdom from him.   David opens this conversation up by saying:  Why do you listen when men say that He is trying to harm him.

Tomorrow, we will study Saul’s response to David.

God Bless you!!!!!!!!

 Stay encouraged and don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily.

This entry was posted on 19. August 2009 at 11:27 and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.