RESPECT FOR GOD'S ANOINTED
II Samuel 1:13-16
"Then David said to the young man who told him [that he had killed King Saul], 'Where are you from?' And he answered, 'I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.' So David said, 'How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?' Then David called one of the young men and said, 'Go near, and execute him!' And he struck him so that he died. So David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, "I have killed the LORD's anointed." ' "
David had a huge respect for authority. He understood that it was God who had appointed and anointed Saul to be king. Perhaps his mind went back to the times when he himself had opportunity to kill King Saul, but he would not, saying, "I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed" (I Samuel 24:6; 26:23). It is a dangerous thing to attack those whom God has placed in positions of authority. I need to let God take care of them in His time.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: To attack a God-anointed leader is to bring judgment on my own head.
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Have a respectful day. Love you.
II Samuel 1:13-16
"Then David said to the young man who told him [that he had killed King Saul], 'Where are you from?' And he answered, 'I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.' So David said, 'How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?' Then David called one of the young men and said, 'Go near, and execute him!' And he struck him so that he died. So David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, "I have killed the LORD's anointed." ' "
David had a huge respect for authority. He understood that it was God who had appointed and anointed Saul to be king. Perhaps his mind went back to the times when he himself had opportunity to kill King Saul, but he would not, saying, "I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD's anointed" (I Samuel 24:6; 26:23). It is a dangerous thing to attack those whom God has placed in positions of authority. I need to let God take care of them in His time.
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: To attack a God-anointed leader is to bring judgment on my own head.
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Have a respectful day. Love you.
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