"Then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, 'Hear now, you Benjamites! ... All of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is not one of you who is sorry for me, or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servants against me, to live in wait, as it is to this day.' "
I Samuel 22:7-8
Saul had a classic case of paranoia. He thought the world revolved around him, and that everyone was out to get him. Remember Rodney Dangerfield's comic routine – "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me"? That spirit is real bondage. It may be on the job, thinking that everyone is out to get you fired. It may be parent who thinks his family is against him. It may be a church leader who fears for his position. Whatever the circumstance, the spirit of fear that everyone is conspiring against me is all wrapped up in "me." To live in self-pity is to live without joy. There is a cure for paranoia. A Believer can live in the trust that his life is in the Lord's hands, and in the freedom of David's faith: "The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (Psalm 118:6).
Today's Thought: The Believer does not need to live a paranoid life if he trusts in God's care.
Have a freedom day. Love you.
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