“So David took the spear and the curse of
water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew
it, neither awaked; for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from The
Lord was fallen upon them.” 1 Samuel
26:12 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These words were written under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God after the death of the prophet Samuel by
Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer. The
Ziphites again went to Saul and told him where David was hiding. (1 Samuel
26:1) So Saul gathered three thousand
men and went down to the wilderness of Ziph to search for David. When David learned that Saul had followed him
there, he set out for the place where Saul had camped. (1 Samuel 26:2-5) He asked Abishai to go with him into Saul’s
camp and he agreed. They went by night
and found Saul sleeping, with Abner, the commander of the army, and the
soldiers all around him. Abishai wanted
to kill Saul but David stopped him. David
took the spear and the water jug which was near Saul’s head and they left without
being seen. (1 Samuel 26:6-12) When
David was some distance away from the camp, he called out to Abner questioning
his protection of the king. (1 Samuel 26:13-16)
Saul recognized David’s voice and responded to him. David questioned Saul to ascertain why he was
pursuing him. He let Saul know that
again he could have killed him but didn’t.
Saul again admitted that he was wrong and had sinned. He thanked David for again sparing his life
and said that he would not harm him.
David told Saul to send one of his young men over to him to get his
spear. (1 Samuel 26:17-22) Then David
said, “As surely as I valued your life today, so may The Lord value my life and
deliver me from all trouble.” (1 Samuel 26:24)
APPLICATION
The Bible teaches us saying, “Touch not Mine
anointed, and do My prophets no harm.” (1 Chronicles 16:22 and Psalm 105:15) David knew this (1 Samuel 26:11) and for the
second time he had the chance to kill Saul but did not do it. Again I say, “Just because you can doesn’t
mean you should.” (Sherrilyn Kenyon) When
we know that which is the right thing to do, we should do it. When you “Know better, do better.” (David and
Meredith Liben) This quote was taken
from a book teaching the foundations so every child can read by the end of
second grade. I think that it is applicable
in a lot more situations, including Christian behavior. We should do that which we know is right, and
avoid that which we know is wrong.
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